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 ⓘ