Charles Bickford, Elizabeth Montgomery, Gary Cooper

This 1955 courtroom drama based on real-life events tells the story of General Billy Mitchell, who, in 1925, angered the military establishment by accusing the Army and Navy of negligence during World...( read more  read more... ) War I. Facing court-martial, Mitchell was nevertheless vocal about his views, foretelling an event eerily similar to Pearl Harbor. Otto Preminger directs; Gary Cooper, Charles Bickford and Elizabeth Montgomery (in her film debut) star.

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Unrated, 100 min.

Directed by: Otto Preminger

Release Date: December 31, 1955

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DVD Release Date: December 16, 2003

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  • November 19, 2007
    featuring elizabeth montgomery before she made a whole career out of twitching... but no amount of nose-twitching could save billy mitchell. gary cooper was 7 outta 10ish in his acting but his performance was a tad laid back. i saw the prosecution lawyer (bald headed bloke) in an...( read more)other film recently but i can't think what it was. he was good in both. i've seen otto premingers work before with the river of no return which was just as viewable as this. his movies dont seem to be masterpieces but they're all very watchable, and even re-watchable. bewitching entertainment
  • November 12, 2009
    Solid if a bit slow drama of a man putting his career on the line for his what he believes rightly is the good of his country. The cast is full of great actors including an amazingly beautiful and impossibly young Elizabeth Montgomery in her first film role. She isn't totally at ...( read more)ease yet but delivers in her big scene.
  • September 4, 2008
    good courtroom drama
  • January 9, 2008
    tops in historical content and actual testimony from court marshal was used in the movie as dialog by Cooper
  • July 16, 2007
    Excellent military film.

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