The read
Critics rate it 32 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
A dramatization of the American general and his court martial for publically complaining about High Command's dismissal and neglect of the aerial fighting forces.
Ratings
IMDb6.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 32 points higher than audiences do.
49 audience votes
Key crew
- Otto PremingerDirector
- Emmet LaveryScreenplay
- Milton SperlingScreenplay
- Dimitri TiomkinOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Gary CooperCol. Billy Mitchell
- Charles BickfordGen. Jimmy Guthrie
- Ralph BellamyCongressman Frank R. Reid
- Rod SteigerMaj. Allan Guillion
- Elizabeth MontgomeryMargaret Lansdowne
- Fred ClarkCol. Moreland
- James DalyLt. Col. Herbert White
- Jack LordLt. Cmdr. Zachary 'Zack' Lansdowne
- Peter GravesCapt. Bob Elliott
- Darren McGavinCapt. Russ Peters
- Robert F. SimonAdmiral Gage
- Charles DingleSenator Fullerton