Command Decision

Heroes, cowards, fighters, braggarts, liars... and what goes on in their hearts!

High-ranking officers struggle with the decision to prioritize bombing German factories producing new jet fighters over the extremely high casualties the mission will cost.

War Drama

Clark Gable

(Brigadier General K.C. 'Casey' Dennis)

Walter Pidgeon

(Major General Roland Goodlow Kane)

Van Johnson

(Technical Sergeant Immanuel T. Evans)

Brian Donlevy

(Brigadier General Clifton I. Garnet)

Charles Bickford

(Elmer Brockhurst)

John Hodiak

(Col. Edward Rayton Martin)

Edward Arnold

(Congressman Arthur Malcolm)

Marshall Thompson

(Capt. George Washington Bellpepper Lee)

Richard Quine

(Maj. George Rockton)

Cameron Mitchell

(Lt. Ansel Goldberg)

Clinton Sundberg

(Maj. Homer V. Prescott)

Ray Collins

(Maj. Desmond Lansing)

Warner Anderson

(Col. Earnest Haley)

John McIntire

(Maj. Belding Davis)

Moroni Olsen

(Congressman Stone)

John Ridgely

(James Carwood)

Michael Steele

(Capt. Lucius Malcolm Jenks)

Edward Earle

(Congressman Watson)

Mack Williams

(Lt. Col. Virgil Jackson)

James Millican

(Maj. Garrett Davenport)

John Cannon

(Officer (uncredited))