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title: 'The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Otto Preminger'
released: '1955-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 100
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-court-martial-of-billy-mitchell-1955'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047956/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955)

1955 · 100 min · Drama, History · United States


## Synopsis

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 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Otto Preminger](https://cinepixo.com/people/otto-preminger)
- **Screenplay:** [Ben Hecht](https://cinepixo.com/people/ben-hecht), [Dalton Trumbo](https://cinepixo.com/people/dalton-trumbo), [Emmet Lavery](https://cinepixo.com/people/emmet-lavery), [Milton Sperling](https://cinepixo.com/people/milton-sperling)
- **Producer:** [Milton Sperling](https://cinepixo.com/people/milton-sperling)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Dimitri Tiomkin](https://cinepixo.com/people/dimitri-tiomkin)
- **Director of Photography:** [Sam Leavitt](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-leavitt)
- **Editor:** [Folmar Blangsted](https://cinepixo.com/people/folmar-blangsted)

## Cast

- [Elizabeth Montgomery](https://cinepixo.com/people/elizabeth-montgomery)
- [Gary Cooper](https://cinepixo.com/people/gary-cooper)
- [Carleton Young](https://cinepixo.com/people/carleton-young)
- [Harold Miller](https://cinepixo.com/people/harold-miller)
- [Charles Bickford](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-bickford)
- [Edward Keane](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-keane)
- [Darren McGavin](https://cinepixo.com/people/darren-mcgavin)
- [Charles Dingle](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-dingle)
- [Robert F. Simon](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-f-simon)
- [William Forrest](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-forrest)
- [Will Wright](https://cinepixo.com/people/will-wright)
- [Phil Arnold](https://cinepixo.com/people/phil-arnold)
- [Fred Clark](https://cinepixo.com/people/fred-clark)
- [Gregory Walcott](https://cinepixo.com/people/gregory-walcott)
- [Howard Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/howard-smith)

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