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The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell is a 1955 American CinemaScope biographical drama film directed by Otto Preminger, and starring Gary Cooper and co-starring Charles Bickford, Ralph Bellamy, Rod Steiger, and Elizabeth Montgomery in her film debut.
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell: Directed by Otto Preminger. With Gary Cooper, Charles Bickford, Ralph Bellamy, Rod Steiger. 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.
- (2.3K)
- Biography, Drama, War
- Otto Preminger
- 1955-12-31
Oct 13, 2016 · He worked as an intelligence officer for the U.S. Army General Staff in 1912 and learned to fly in 1915. After the United States entered World War I on the side of the Allies in April 1917, Mitchell, by then a colonel, was appointed commander of the Army’s Air Service in France.
Aug 21, 2023 · A factual report from US military history staged with a sure sense of suspense. General Billy Mitchell, who fought for the modernization of the air force and who predicted the annihilating...
- 101 min
- 1469
- Moviejones
Jan 19, 2019 · 1955. U.S. Col. Billy Mitchell (Gary Cooper) is a decorated World War I veteran airman frustrated by the military's mistreatment of the flying program.
- 100 min
- 3.5K
- Finis Belli
The popular Colonel Mitchell was facing a court-martial for his controversial remarks to the press on September 5, blasting two military disasters: a bungled flight during which three Navy...
At the trial, the weakening Mitchell, who is now suffering from a recurrence of malaria, is barraged with leading questions by the clever Guillion, who then twists his answers, trying to get Mitchell to admit to exaggerating.
