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The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell( 1955)

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He defied the army and navy . . . and they gave him a Court Martial!

Overview

A dramatization of the American general and his court martial for publically complaining about High Command's dismissal and neglect of the aerial fighting forces.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Gary Cooper

      Col. Billy Mitchell

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      Charles Bickford

      Gen. Jimmy Guthrie

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      Ralph Bellamy

      Congressman Frank R. Reid

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      Rod Steiger

      Maj. Allan Guillion

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      Elizabeth Montgomery

      Margaret Lansdowne

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      Fred Clark

      Col. Moreland

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      James Daly

      Lt. Col. Herbert White

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      Jack Lord

      Lt. Cmdr. Zachary 'Zack' Lansdowne

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      Peter Graves

      Capt. Bob Elliott

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      Darren McGavin

      Capt. Russ Peters

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      Robert F. Simon

      Admiral Gage

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      Charles Dingle

      Senator Fullerton

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      Dayton Lummis

      General Douglas MacArthur

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      Tom McKee

      Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker

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      Stephen Roberts

      Major Carl Spaatz

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      Herbert Heyes

      General John J. Pershing

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      Robert Brubaker

      Major H. H. Arnold

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      Phil Arnold

      Fiorello LaGuardia

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      Ian Wolfe

      President Calvin Coolidge

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      Will Wright

      Admiral William S. Sims

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      Gregory Walcott

      Howard Millikan

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Mon Aug 29 2022
    Gary Cooper is perfectly adequate in this rather dry telling of the court-martial of a pioneering American general who, according to this film anyway, prophesied the hitherto unimaginable rise in importance of air power in conflict as well as predicting that an attack on Hawaii by Japan was likely to succeed against the relatively ill-defended islands. Demoted and posted to an administrative job in Texas, things come to an head when he becomes so frustrated by the intransigence of his army superiors (this is before the USAF existed as a separate entity) that he goes to the press and is subseque...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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