
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.

Col. Billy Mitchell

Gen. Jimmy Guthrie

Congressman Frank R. Reid

Maj. Allan Guillion

Margaret Lansdowne

Col. Moreland

Lt. Col. Herbert White

Lt. Cmdr. Zachary 'Zack' Lansdowne

Capt. Bob Elliott
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 in Texas, things come to an head when he becomes so frustrated by the intransigence of his army superiors (this is before the USAF existed as a separate entity) that he goes to the press and is subsequ...
Status Released
Original LanguageEnglish
Budget-
Revenue $3,000,000.00