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He defied the army and navy . . . and they gave him a Court Martial!

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

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    Gary Cooper

    Col. Billy Mitchell

  2. Cast 1

    Charles Bickford

    Gen. Jimmy Guthrie

  3. Cast 1

    Ralph Bellamy

    Congressman Frank R. Reid

  4. Cast 1

    Rod Steiger

    Maj. Allan Guillion

  5. Cast 1

    Elizabeth Montgomery

    Margaret Lansdowne

  6. Cast 1

    Fred Clark

    Col. Moreland

  7. Cast 1

    James Daly

    Lt. Col. Herbert White

  8. Cast 1

    Jack Lord

    Lt. Cmdr. Zachary 'Zack' Lansdowne

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    Peter Graves

    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

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