---
title: 'Command Decision (1948)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Sam Wood'
released: '1948-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 112
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/command-decision-1948'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040242/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Command Decision (1948)

1948 · 112 min · Drama, War · United States


## Synopsis

Command Decision is a 1949 war film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer starring Clark Gable, Walter Pidgeon, Van Johnson, and Brian Donlevy, and directed by Sam Wood, based on the 1948 stage play of the same name written by William Wister Haines, which he based on his best-selling 1947 novel. The screenplay for the film was written by George Froeschel and William R. Laidlaw. Haines' play ran on Broadway for almost a year beginning in October 1947.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Sam Wood](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-wood)
- **Screenplay:** [George Froeschel](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-froeschel)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Miklós Rózsa](https://cinepixo.com/people/miklos-rozsa)
- **Producer:** [Gottfried Reinhardt](https://cinepixo.com/people/gottfried-reinhardt), [Sidney Franklin](https://cinepixo.com/people/sidney-franklin)
- **Director of Photography:** [Harold Rosson](https://cinepixo.com/people/harold-rosson)
- **Editor:** [Harold F. Kress](https://cinepixo.com/people/harold-f-kress)

## Cast

- [Moroni Olsen](https://cinepixo.com/people/moroni-olsen)
- [John McIntire](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-mcintire)
- [John Hodiak](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-hodiak)
- [Edward Arnold](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-arnold)
- [Cameron Mitchell](https://cinepixo.com/people/cameron-mitchell)
- [Holmes Herbert](https://cinepixo.com/people/holmes-herbert)
- [Charles Bickford](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-bickford)
- [Clark Gable](https://cinepixo.com/people/clark-gable)
- [Warner Anderson](https://cinepixo.com/people/warner-anderson)
- [Ray Collins](https://cinepixo.com/people/ray-collins)
- [Marshall Thompson](https://cinepixo.com/people/marshall-thompson)
- [Van Johnson](https://cinepixo.com/people/van-johnson)
- [Richard Quine](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-quine)
- [Clinton Sundberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/clinton-sundberg)
- [Walter Pidgeon](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-pidgeon)

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