Directed by:
Otto PremingerCinematography:
Sam LeavittComposer:
Dimitri TiomkinCast:
Gary Cooper, Charles Bickford, Ralph Bellamy, Rod Steiger, Elizabeth Montgomery, Fred Clark, James Daly, Jack Lord, Peter Graves, Darren McGavin (more)Plots(1)
A courtroom drama based on the true story of an American general who was court-martialled for accusing the military of criminal negligence and incompetence. The time was 1925 and, in the wake of World War I, General Billy Mitchell considered the Army and Navy's failure to begin seriously building up the Air Force akin to treason. He said so publicly and, during the famous trial that followed, predicted a situation akin to the bombing of Pearl Harbor that would occur some two decades later. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Robert B. Williams
USA
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A Patch of Blue (1965)
Griff Barnett
USA
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Max Wagner
Mexico
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Fred Kelsey
USA
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Stephen Roberts
USA
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William Henry
USA
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Robert Bice
USA
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The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955)
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Phil Arnold
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Dayton Lummis
USA
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John Maxwell
USA
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Carleton Young
USA
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Edward Keane
USA
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William Forrest
USA
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Art Gilmore
USA
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William Fox
Philippines
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USA
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Jack Perrin
USA
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Peter Adams
USA
Best movies:
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Herbert Heyes
USA
Best movies:
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The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955)
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Charles Anthony Hughes
USA
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