Directed by:
Sam WoodScreenplay:
George FroeschelCinematography:
Harold RossonComposer:
Miklós RózsaCast:
Clark Gable, Walter Pidgeon, Van Johnson, Brian Donlevy, Charles Bickford, John Hodiak, Edward Arnold, Marshall Thompson, Richard Quine, Cameron Mitchell (more)Plots(1)
World War II drama that shows the battles - on and off the field - that a general must fight in order to win the war. General Casey of the US Forces in England must fight congressional representatives and his own chain of command to be allowed to complete an important mission. He must get his men's planes out, during a small window of fair weather, in order to prevent the Germans from making more military jet planes. Although the general knows the success of his plan could decide whether the Germans get the upper hand in the war, it could also mean suicide for his men. Adapted from the William Wister Haines stage hit. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Clark Gable
USA
Best movies:
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Teacher's Pet (1958)
It Happened One Night (1934)
Walter Pidgeon
Canada
Best movies:
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
Madame Curie (1943)
Mrs. Miniver (1942)
Van Johnson
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Two Girls and a Sailor (1944)
Madame Curie (1943)
Brian Donlevy
Ireland
Best movies:
Destry Rides Again (1939)
Union Pacific (1939)
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Charles Bickford
USA
Best movies:
The Big Country (1958)
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Days of Wine and Roses (1962)
John Hodiak
USA
Best movies:
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
The Harvey Girls (1946)
Lifeboat (1944)
Edward Arnold
USA
Best movies:
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
He Who Gets Slapped (1924)
Marshall Thompson
USA
Best movies:
The Valley of Decision (1945)
The Tall Target (1951)
Devil's Doorway (1950)
Richard Quine
USA
Best movies:
Counsellor at Law (1933)
The Clay Pigeon (1949)
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Cameron Mitchell
USA
Best movies:
Hombre (1967)
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
Blood and Black Lace (1964)
Clinton Sundberg
USA
Best movies:
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The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
Easter Parade (1948)
Ray Collins
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Citizen Kane (1941)
The Heiress (1949)
Warner Anderson
USA
Best movies:
Detective Story (1951)
Objective, Burma! (1945)
Blackboard Jungle (1955)
John McIntire
USA
Best movies:
Psycho (1960)
Westward the Women (1951)
Winchester '73 (1950)
John Ridgely
USA
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
The Big Sleep (1946)
Holmes Herbert
UK
Best movies:
The Invisible Man (1933)
The Stratton Story (1949)
Captain Blood (1935)
George Melford
USA
Best movies:
The Stratton Story (1949)
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Barry Nelson
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
The Shining (1980)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Frank Mayo
USA
Best movies:
Easter Parade (1948)
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
Gilda (1946)
Moroni Olsen
USA
Best movies:
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Mildred Pierce (1945)