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      Command Decision

      Released Dec 23, 1948 1h 52m War List
      Reviews 81% 100+ Ratings Audience Score At an American air base on English soil, Brigadier General K.C. Dennis (Clark Gable) commands a group of B-17 bombers that run missions over Nazi Germany. Having suffered severe losses on several recent missions and with some of the men under his command getting into scrapes with the military police, Dennis is under increasing pressure to explain his mounting casualty rates to both a cynical war correspondent (Charles Bickford) and a visiting congressman (Edward Arnold). Read More Read Less

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      Bob Thomas Associated Press High-gear entertainment. Jun 20, 2019 Full Review Steve Crum Video-Reviewmaster.com Strong MGM WWII drama with large star roster, serious story. Rated: 5/5 Jun 13, 2008 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Chatty and sometimes gripping but always crisp WW II drama. Rated: B- Jul 13, 2007 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 3/5 Jun 29, 2005 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Steve D Powerful and with a fantastic cast. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 06/06/23 Full Review Billy L 1948... Just a 4 years prior Gable was with the 351st Bomb Group out of RAF Polebrook as a aerial Gunner on B-17's. He won the Air Medal and DFC..They dont make them like that anymore. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/06/23 Full Review Ethan T Interesting themes and Gable is magnetic as you would expect. Just got weighed down and there was a real in-and-out feeling in terms of the attention level that the film demanded. Definitely potential in exploring the horrors of war and their effects on generals removed from the physical conflict, but one cannot help but feel that this film could have been shorter and been rendered more effective. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/07/21 Full Review Audience Member Absolutely gripping, tense. Love this movie, well put together. Give it a spin. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review ashley h Command Decision is an excellent film. It is about Army generals struggle with the decision to prioritize bombing the German factories. Clark Gable and Walter Pidgeon give fantastic performances. The screenplay is good but a little slow in places. Sam Wood did a great job directing this movie. I enjoyed watching this motion picture because of the drama and adventure. Command Decision is a must see. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review kevin w Decent World War 2 flick with Clark Gable as the general with "The Buck Stops Here" on his desk (and his chest) when liberal political wonks from the U.S. want to know why frontline casualties aren't being kept down. A large cast fills out The-Job-Must-Get-Done-At-Any-Cost story nicely. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis At an American air base on English soil, Brigadier General K.C. Dennis (Clark Gable) commands a group of B-17 bombers that run missions over Nazi Germany. Having suffered severe losses on several recent missions and with some of the men under his command getting into scrapes with the military police, Dennis is under increasing pressure to explain his mounting casualty rates to both a cynical war correspondent (Charles Bickford) and a visiting congressman (Edward Arnold).
      Director
      Sam Wood
      Production Co
      Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
      Genre
      War
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Dec 23, 1948, Limited
      Release Date (Streaming)
      May 23, 2016
      Runtime
      1h 52m
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