Command Decision
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Command Decision is a 1948 World War II drama film, adapted from a stage play, that explores the moral and strategic dilemmas faced by U.S. Army Air Forces commanders ordering high-casualty bombing missions over Europe.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Command Decision canonical | 3 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| awardNomination | Academy Award for Best Film Editing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Command Decision (play) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| castMember |
Brian Donlevy
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Charles Bickford NERFINISHED ⓘ Clark Gable NERFINISHED ⓘ Edward Arnold NERFINISHED ⓘ John Hodiak NERFINISHED ⓘ John McIntire NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Quine NERFINISHED ⓘ Sam Levene NERFINISHED ⓘ Van Johnson NERFINISHED ⓘ Walter Pidgeon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematography | Harold Rosson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| depicts | United States Army Air Forces commanders NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| director | Sam Wood NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| editor | Harold F. Kress NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
World War II film
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war drama ⓘ |
| hasPart | scenes set at an airbase headquarters ⓘ |
| locationOfFirstPerformance | Broadway (for the original play) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
U.S. Army Air Forces
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World War II ⓘ military ethics ⓘ strategic bombing ⓘ |
| medium | black-and-white film ⓘ |
| musicBy | Bronislau Kaper NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
high-casualty bombing missions
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moral dilemmas of air commanders ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation | England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| playwright | William Wister Haines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrays | strategic decision-making in air warfare ⓘ |
| producer | Sidney Franklin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1948 ⓘ |
| releaseDate | December 31, 1948 (USA theatrical release) ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1948 ⓘ |
| runtime | 112 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
George Froeschel
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William R. Laidlaw NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | European Theater of Operations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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