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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.

Keywords:

Drama, War, Courtroom, Based-on-True-Story, Court-Room Drama, Biographical, Biography, Movie, Film, Movies, Films

Additional Information:

(1955) (USA) (3 Star)

Cast:

Gary Cooper	.... Col. Billy Mitchell
Charles Bickford	.... Gen. Jimmy Guthrie
Ralph Bellamy	.... Congressman Frank R. Reid
Rod Steiger	.... Maj. Allan Guillion
Elizabeth Montgomery	.... Margaret Lansdowne
Fred Clark	.... Col. Moreland

Supporting Cast:

James Daly	.... Lt. Col. Herbert White
Jack Lord	.... Lt. Cmdr. Zachary 'Zack' Lansdowne
Peter Graves	.... Capt. Bob Elliott
Darren McGavin	.... Capt. Russ Peters
Robert F. Simon	.... Adm. Gage
Charles Dingle	.... Sen. Fullerton
Dayton Lummis	.... Gen. Douglas MacArthur
Tom McKee	.... Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker
Stephen Roberts	.... Maj. Carl Spaatz

Directors:

Otto Preminger

Writers:

Emmet Lavery