Command Decision
1948-12-23High-ranking officers struggle with the decision to prioritize bombing German factories producing new jet fighters over the extremely high casualties the mission will cost.

High-ranking officers struggle with the decision to prioritize bombing German factories producing new jet fighters over the extremely high casualties the mission will cost.

Brigadier General K.C. 'Casey' Dennis
Clark Gable

Major General Roland Goodlow Kane
Walter Pidgeon

Technical Sergeant Immanuel T. Evans
Van Johnson

Brigadier General Clifton I. Garnet
Brian Donlevy

Elmer Brockhurst
Charles Bickford

Col. Edward Rayton Martin
John Hodiak

Congressman Arthur Malcolm
Edward Arnold

Capt. George Washington Bellpepper Lee
Marshall Thompson

Maj. George Rockton
Richard Quine

Lt. Ansel Goldberg
Cameron Mitchell

Maj. Homer V. Prescott
Clinton Sundberg

Maj. Desmond Lansing
Ray Collins

Col. Earnest Haley
Warner Anderson

Maj. Belding Davis
John McIntire

Congressman Stone
Moroni Olsen

James Carwood
John Ridgely

Capt. Lucius Malcolm Jenks
Michael Steele

Congressman Watson
Edward Earle

Lt. Col. Virgil Jackson
Mack Williams

Maj. Garrett Davenport
James Millican
Officer (uncredited)
John Cannon