Vintage Passing Parade short "Souvenirs of Death" Classic cartoon "King-Size Canary" Theatrical trailer Subtitles: English & Français (feature film only) Region: 1 Audio: DD1
Rating: NR Genre: Drama Release Date: 06/05/2007 SubTitles: English/French Dubbed: English Sound: DD1 Run Time: 112 Minutes Flags: Suitable for Children Distributor/Studio: Warner Home Video
Command Decision is a stagebound but consummately acted adaptation of William Wister Haines' Broadway play. Clark Gable, starring in the role essayed on Broadway by Paul Kelly, plays Air Force Brigadier General "Casey" Dennis. With time at a premium, Dennis sends waves of bomber squadrons into Germany to knock out the enemy's jet plane factories. Though Dennis seems utterly unconcerned about the fate of his pilots (even his superior officer Walter Pidgeon is appalled by the heavy losses), the audience knows that his duty is exacting a severe emotional toll on him. Thanks to pressure from a misguided US senator, "butcher" Dennis is replaced by the supposedly more humane Brian Donlevy. But Donlevy realizes that Gable's decisions were the correct ones, and he vows to continue his predecessor's "suicide missions".