The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955)

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Written by Emmet Lavery

Directed by Otto Preminger

Running Time: 115 minutes (approx)

Production Year: 1955

Rating: U Certificate

Production Country: USA

Filmed in Colour

Otto Preminger's drama, based on a true story, stars Gary Cooper as the eponymous Colonel Billy Mitchell. Mitchell, a WWI flying hero, is convinced America's security lies not with the navy but with a strong, separate air force. The hidebound traditionalists of the navy and army ignore him but, when one of Michell's friends is killed flying an ill-maintained plane, Mitchell's public outbursts leave them no choice but to court-martial him.

Cast

Gary CooperCol. Billy Mitchell
Charles BickfordGeneral Guthrie
Ralph BellamyCongressman Frank Reid
Image for Rod SteigerRod SteigerMaj. Allan Gullion
Elizabeth MontgomeryMargaret Lansdowne
Fred ClarkCol. Moreland
James DalyCol. Herbert White
Jack LordCmdr. Zach Landsdowne
Image for Peter GravesPeter GravesCapt. Bob Elliott
Darren McGavinCapt. Russ Peters
Robert F. SimonAdm. Gage
Charles DingleSen. Fullerton
Dayton LummisGeneral Douglas MacArthur
Tom McKeeCapt. Eddie Rickenbacker
Stephen RobertsMaj. Carl Spaatz

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