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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.
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- Biography, Drama, War
- Otto Preminger
- 1955-12-31
Jan 19, 2019 · battleships, Mitchell sees funding cut to aviation, resulting in the unnecessary deaths of p ilots. When Mitchell publicly accuses his superiors of ineptitude, he is court-martialed. At the trial, Congressman Frank Reid (Ralph Bellamy) advises Mitchell, who faces Maj. Guillion (Rod Steiger).
- 100 min
Oct 13, 2016 · By early November 1925 Mitchell was in Washington, D.C., standing before a court-martial held to investigate his alleged violation of the 96th Article of War, a catchall provision of military law that allowed an officer to be tried for just about any action deemed to be “of a nature to bring discredit upon the military service.”.
The film is based on the 1925 court-martial of General Billy Mitchell, who is considered a founding figure of the U.S. Air Force. During the 28th Academy Awards, it received a nomination for Best Story and Screenplay for Milton Sperling and Emmet Lavery. The award, however, went to Interrupted Melody ( William Ludwig and Sonya Levien ).