7.0
“He defied the army and navy . . . and they gave him a Court Martial!”
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955)
December 31, 19551h 40mEN
6.8
45 votes
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.
Director
Otto PremingerWriters
Top Billed Cast
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
N/A
Revenue
$3.0M
Production Companies
Warner Bros. PicturesUnited States Pictures
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6.0Gary 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 subsequ…
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