Command Decision
1948 · 112 MIN · IMDB 7.3 · 2,209 VOTES · DIR. Sam Wood
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,718 lines
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00:02:30 Preceding today's American operations...
00:07:54 Good afternoon, sir.
00:12:49 All right. Wait a minute.
00:16:54 Gonna miss your hero?
00:20:38 - All right, that's all for now. - Why, Captain Jenks.
00:24:19 Boys are being killed today with cannon made at Bremfurt since that attack.
00:28:32 I'm sorry, sir, but it's a cold fact.
00:34:26 Repeat. You are not to land.
00:39:46 Generals always have their pictures taken wherever they go.
00:43:54 I'd like to know what we did hit before Kane gets here.
00:47:26 It isn't Schweinhafen.
00:51:26 - May I come in? - You are in, Mr. Brockhurst.
00:55:05 When the results are bad, they fire the amateurs...
00:59:02 ...around the press like an eloping heiress?
01:02:57 ...with an air force that's already whipped us.
01:07:20 - I don't think so. - What does Kane think?
01:10:50 How many years have you known me, Casey?
01:15:14 Your target for today is Schweinhafen.
01:22:40 Why, this is as if I'd had a...
01:26:53 Reconnaissance reports large formation of enemy fighters.
01:32:36 Bomb bay doors open.
01:37:37 Do you really think that the change of command has helped morale?
01:42:12 But if you did?
01:46:16 I've killed Ted.
Cast & Characters
Clark Gable
Brig. Gen. K.C. 'Casey' Dennis
Walter Pidgeon
Maj. Gen. Roland Goodlow Kane
Van Johnson
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Van Johnson
Sgt. Immanuel T. Evans
Brian Donlevy
Brig. Gen. Clifton I. Garnet
Charles Bickford
Elmer Brockhurst
John Hodiak
Col. Edward Rayton Martin
Edward Arnold
Congressman Arthur Malcolm
Marshall Thompson
Capt. George Washington Bellpepper Lee
Richard Quine
Maj. George Rockton
Cameron Mitchell
Lt. Ansel Goldberg
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,718
Dialogue density15.3 lines / min
First line00:02:30
Final line01:46:16
Production Record
DirectorSam Wood
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes2,209