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| Category | War DVDs, Dramas Movies, Action/Adventure Videos, World War II | | Starring | Clark Gable, Cameron Mitchell, Moroni Olsen, Van Johnson, John McIntire, Charles Bickford, Marshall Thompson, Walter Pidgeon, Ray Collins, Brian Donlevy, Edward Arnold, Warner Anderson, Richard Quine, Clinton Sundberg, John Hodiak | | Director | Sam Wood | | Composer | Miklos Rozsa | | Director of Photography | Harold Rosson | | Editor | Harold F. Kress | | Producer | Sidney Franklin | | Production Designer | Cedric Gibbons, Urie McLeary | | Screenwriter | George Froeschel, William R. Laidlaw |
Behind the fighting men are those who send them into battle. Clark Gable faces tough decisions and top-brass resistance as he grapples with the threat of Nazi jet factories. This adaptation of William Wister Haines's play examines World War II air force generals engaged in life-or-death decision-making processes and their struggle to choose between effectiveness and morality. Director Sam Wood's film is a compelling study of a commanding officer's struggle between doing what is right and what looks good to the public.
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. Previous to filming, Gable was decorated as a war hero for the dangerous air force missions he flew over Germany. Command Decision | List Price | $19.97 (You save $5.58) | | Studio | Warner Home Video | | Orig Year | 1948 | | All Time Sales Rank |  16973  | | CD Universe Part number | 7402385 | | Catalog number | 79704 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Jun 05, 2007 | | Rating | Not Rated | | Running Time | 111 Minutes | | Additional Info | Full Frame; Subtitled | | Movie Details | Color; Full Frame; Subtitled |
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