Strong MGM WWII drama with large star roster, serious story.
Command Decision (1948)
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Reviews Counted:3
Fresh:3
Rotten:0
Average Rating:N/A
Runtime: 1 hr 53 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Silver-screen giant Clark Gable plays General K.C. (Casey) Dennis, a man determined to destroy the production of a new German jet plane via precision aerial bombings during daylight hours. Walter... Silver-screen giant Clark Gable plays General K.C. (Casey) Dennis, a man determined to destroy the production of a new German jet plane via precision aerial bombings during daylight hours. Walter Pidgeon plays his superior officer, General Roland Kane, a man all too aware that military bosses in D.C. are looking over their shoulders to determine whether daylight bombing is effective. To boot, Dennis is consistently dogged by newspaperman Elmer Brockhurst, who reports back to the home front regarding the heavy economic and manpower losses that result from Dennis's orders. Soon Dennis finds his tactics directly opposed by Arthur Malcolm (Edward Arnold), a powerful congressman, and General Kane ceases to support Dennis. There are no combat scenes in COMMAND DECISION. Instead, the script brilliantly supplies an insightful examination of the politics of war and the insides of a man brutalized by them. Gable turns in a fine performance, which is easy to miss amid the brilliance that surrounds it--Van Johnson, Walter Pidgeon, and Edward Arnold all shine in COMMAND DECISION. [More]
Starring: Clark Gable, Walter Pidgeon, Van Johnson, Brian Donlevy
Starring: Clark Gable, Walter Pidgeon, Van Johnson, Brian Donlevy, Charles Bickford, John Hodiak, Edward Arnold, Marshall Thompson, Richard Quine, Cameron Mitchell, Clinton Sundberg, Ray Collins, Warner Anderson, John McIntire, Moroni Olsen
Director: Sam Wood
Director: Sam Wood
Screenwriter: William R. Laidlaw, George Froeschel
Producer: Sidney Franklin
Composer: Miklos Rozsa
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| 45% 45% | Ice Age: Dawn of the D… |
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| Tomatometer Percentage | Movie |
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| 98% 98% | Up |
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