Command Decision

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Command Decision is a 1948 World War II drama film, adapted from a stage play, that explores the moral and strategic dilemmas faced by U.S. Army Air Forces commanders ordering high-casualty bombing missions over Europe.

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instanceOf film
awardNomination Academy Award for Best Film Editing
basedOn Command Decision (play)
castMember Brian Donlevy
Charles Bickford
Clark Gable
Edward Arnold
John Hodiak
John McIntire
Richard Quine
Sam Levene
Van Johnson
Walter Pidgeon
cinematography Harold Rosson
countryOfOrigin United States
depicts United States Army Air Forces commanders
director Sam Wood
distributor Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
editor Harold F. Kress
genre World War II film
war drama
hasPart scenes set at an airbase headquarters
locationOfFirstPerformance Broadway (for the original play)
mainSubject U.S. Army Air Forces
World War II
military ethics
strategic bombing
medium black-and-white film
musicBy Bronislau Kaper
narrativeFocus high-casualty bombing missions
moral dilemmas of air commanders
narrativeLocation England
originalLanguage English
playwright William Wister Haines
portrays strategic decision-making in air warfare
producer Sidney Franklin
productionCompany Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
publicationDate 1948
releaseDate December 31, 1948 (USA theatrical release)
releaseYear 1948
runtime 112 minutes
screenwriter George Froeschel
William R. Laidlaw
setting European Theater of Operations

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John Hodiak notableWork Command Decision
John Hodiak performedIn Command Decision
Walter Pidgeon notableWork Command Decision