"Heroes, cowards, fighters, braggarts, liars... and what goes on in their hearts!" 23 December 1948 Drama, Action, War 112 mins
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.
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Clark Gable as Brigadier General K.C. 'Casey' Dennis
Walter Pidgeon as Major General Roland Goodlow Kane
Van Johnson as Technical Sergeant Immanuel T. Evans
Brian Donlevy as Brigadier General Clifton I. Garnet
Charles Bickford as Elmer Brockhurst
John Hodiak as Col. Edward Rayton Martin
Edward Arnold as Congressman Arthur Malcolm
Marshall Thompson as Capt. George Washington Bellpepper Lee
Richard Quine as Maj. George Rockton
Cameron Mitchell as Lt. Ansel Goldberg
Clinton Sundberg as Maj. Homer V. Prescott
Ray Collins as Maj. Desmond Lansing
Warner Anderson as Col. Earnest Haley
John McIntire as Maj. Belding Davis
Moroni Olsen as Congressman Stone
John Ridgely as James Carwood
Sam Wood Director
William R. Laidlaw Screenplay
George Froeschel Screenplay
Edwin B. Willis Set Decoration
Al Shenberg Production Manager
Sidney Franklin Producer
Gottfried Reinhardt Associate Producer
Harold F. Kress Editor
Urie McCleary Art Direction
Miklós Rózsa Original Music Composer
Harold Rosson Director of Photography
Cedric Gibbons Art Direction
Sid Sidman Assistant Director
William Wister Haines Theatre Play
United States 23 December 1948
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