A dramatization of the American general and his court martial for publically complaining about High Command's dismissal and neglect of the aerial fighting forces.
Gary Cooper
Col. Billy Mitchell
Charles Bickford
Gen. Jimmy Guthrie
Ralph Bellamy
Congressman Frank R. Reid
Rod Steiger
Maj. Allan Guillion
Elizabeth Montgomery
Margaret Lansdowne
Fred Clark
Col. Moreland
James Daly
Lt. Col. Herbert White
Jack Lord
Lt. Cmdr. Zachary 'Zack' Lansdowne
Peter Graves
Capt. Bob Elliott
Darren McGavin
Capt. Russ Peters
Director
Otto Preminger
Screenplay
Emmet Lavery
Tagline
"He defied the army and navy . . . and they gave him a Court Martial!"
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Revenue
$3,000,000
Production
United States Pictures
CinemaSerf
August 29, 2022
Gary Cooper is perfectly adequate in this rather dry telling of the court-martial of a pioneering American general who, according to this film anyway, prophesied the hitherto unimaginable rise in importance of air power in conflict as well as predicting that an attack on Hawaii by Japan was likely to succeed against the relatively ill-defended islands. Demoted and posted to an administrative job i...
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