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Guy Madison
Capt. Robert MacClaw
Joan Weldon
Martha Cutting
James Whitmore
Sgt. Elliott
Carl Benton Reid
Col. Janeway
Harvey Lembeck
Pvt. Gottschalk
Ray Teal
Dr. Trent
Robert Nichols
2nd Lt. O'Hirons
Don Shelton
Maj. Gibbs
Denver Pyle
Infantryman (uncredited)
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Review 1DiscussionA review by John Chard
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Written by John Chard on Fri May 16 2014
The Square Peg and the Round Hole.
The Command is directed by David Butler and adapted by Samuel Fuller and Russell Hughes from the novel "Rear Guard" written by James Warner Bellah. It stars Guy Madison, James Whitmore, Joan Weldon, Carl Benton Reid and Harvey Lembeck. A CinemaScope production in Warnercolor, music is by Dimitri Tiomkin and cinematography by Wilfred M. Cline.
When the commanding officer of his Cavalry patrol is killed, the army doctor is tasked with taking the reins and leading the men.
It deserves to be better known. Warner Brother's first CinemaScope release and t...
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