The Court-Martial Of Billy Mitchell
(1955)
He defied the army and navy . . . and they gave him a Court Martial!
Stars: Gary Cooper, Charles Bickford, Ralph Bellamy, Rod Steiger, Elizabeth Montgomery
Director: Otto Preminger
Writer: Milton Sperling, Emmet Lavery
Language: English
Studio: United States Pictures
Duration: 100
The true story of General Billy Mitchell, a pioneering crusader for the Army's fledgling air corp. In spite of an impressive performance during the First World War, the commanders of America's armed forces still think of the airplane as little more then a carnival attraction. Even after sinking an "unsinkable" captured German battleship from the air, Mitchell sees funds dry up and friends die due to poor equipment. He is court-martialed after questioning the loyalty of his superiors for allowing the air corp to deteriorate.
| Gary Cooper | Col. Billy Mitchell |
| Charles Bickford | Gen. Jimmy Guthrie |
| Ralph Bellamy | Congressman Frank R. Reid |
| Rod Steiger | Maj. Allan Guillion |
| Elizabeth Montgomery | Margaret Lansdowne |
| Fred Clark | Col. Moreland |
| James Daly | Lt. Col. Herbert White |
| Jack Lord | Lt. Cmdr. Zachary 'Zack' Lansdowne |
| Peter Graves | Capt. Bob Elliott |
| Darren McGavin | Capt. Russ Peters |
| Robert F. Simon | Adm. Gage |
| Charles Dingle | Sen. Fullerton |
| Dayton Lummis | General Douglas MacArthur |
| Tom McKee | Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker |
| Stephen Roberts | Major Carl Spaatz |
| Sam Leavitt | Cinematographer |
| Herbert Heyes | General John J. Pershing |
| Robert Brubaker | Major H.H. Arnold |
| Phil Arnold | Fiorello La Guardia |
| Ian Wolfe | President Calvin Coolidge |
| Abdullah Abbas | Officer (uncredited) |
| Dimitri Tiomkin | Composer |
| Will Wright | Admiral William S. Sims |
| Peter Adams | Officer (uncredited) |
| Folmar Blangsted | Editor |
| Griff Barnett | George Carlson (uncredited) |
| Malcolm C. Bert | Art Director |
| Robert Bice | Naval Officer Aide (uncredited) |
| Marshall Bradford | Reporter (uncredited) |
| William L. Kuehl | Set Decorator |
| Howard Shoup | Custome Designer |
| Charles Chaplin Jr. | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Mario Cimino | Italian Officer (uncredited) |
| Gordon Bau | makeup supervisor |
| Dan Dowling | Civilian (uncredited) |
| Jack McEdward | Assistant Director |
| Russell Saunders | second unit director |
| Jack Ellis | Court Martial Judge (uncredited) |
| Norman Field | Court-martial judge (uncredited) |
| Stanley Jones | sound |
| William Forrest | Commandant at Ft. Sam Houston (uncredited) |
| William Fox | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Art Gilmore | Radio Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited) |
| Joe Haworth | Captain (uncredited) |
| William Henry | Officer (uncredited) |
| Lars Hensen | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Edna Holland | Mrs. Sturges (uncredited) |
| Steve Holland | Stu Stuart (uncredited) |
| Stuart Holmes | Court-martial judge (uncredited) |
| Charles Anthony Hughes | Court-martial judge (uncredited) |
| Charles Keane | Major (uncredited) |
| Edward Keane | Court-martial judge (uncredited) |
| Fred Kelsey | Courtroom Spectator (uncredited) |
| Adam Kennedy | Yip Ryan (uncredited) |
| Mike Lally | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Cy Malis | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Alan Marston | Military Policeman in Court (uncredited) |
| John Maxwell | Court-martial judge (uncredited) |
| George Mayon | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Harold Miller | Officer in Courtroom (uncredited) |
| Ewing Mitchell | Court-martial judge (uncredited) |
| Al Page | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Fred Perce | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Jack Perrin | Court Reporter (uncredited) |
| Hal Rand | (uncredited) |
| Manning Ross | Ted Adams (uncredited) |
| Bernard Sell | Photographer (uncredited) |
| Jordan Shelley | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Leslie Sketchley | Court Martial Judge (uncredited) |
| G. Albert Smith | Clerk (uncredited) |
| Howard Smith | Committee Chairman (uncredited) |
| Joel Smith | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Max Wagner | Sergeant Major (uncredited) |
| Gregory Walcott | Howard Millikan (uncredited) |
| Frank Wilcox | Maj. Tom (uncredited) |
| Robert Williams | Carl Tuttle (uncredited) |
| William Yokota | Japanese Officer (uncredited) |
| Carleton Young | Pershing's Aide (uncredited) |
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Media: DVD
Sound: Mono
IMDb: 0047956
