Command Decision is a 1948 war film starring Clark Gable, Walter Pidgeon, Van Johnson and Brian Donlevy and directed by Sam Wood, based on a stage play of the same name written by William Wister Haines, which he based on his best-selling novel. The screenplay for the film was written by George Froeschel and William Laidlaw. Haines' play ran on Broadway for almost a year beginning in October 1947. Although portraying the strategic bombing of Nazi Germany in World War II, the film has virtually no action scenes, taking place almost entirely within the confines of the headquarters of its... protagonist. Depicting the political infighting of conducting a major war effort, the film's major theme is the emotional toll on commanders from ordering missions that result in high casualties, the effects of sustained combat on all concerned, and the nature of accountability for its consequences. At the Ministry of Information in London in 1943, war correspondents Elmer "Brockie" Brockhurst and James Carwood of United News attend the daily briefing on bombing missions.
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| Release date: | 1948 |
| Directed by: | Sam Wood |
| Runtime: | 112 Minutes |
| Producer: | Gottfried Reinhardt, Sidney Franklin |
| Editor: | Harold F. Kress |
| Music by: | Miklós Rózsa |
| Cinematography: | Harold Rosson |
| Screenplay by: | George Froeschel, William R. Laidlaw |
| Estimated budget: | $3,700,000 |
| Adapted from: | Command Decision |
| Genre: | Action |