The Command

“A Story Beyond Any Bigness the Screen Has Shown – The First Production from Warner Bros. in CinemaScope”

6.2(16)19541h 34m

Western

Once the commanding officer of a cavalry patrol is killed, the ranking officer who must take command is an army doctor.

Director

David Butler

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Cast

Guy Madison

Capt. Robert MacClaw

Joan Weldon

Martha Cutting

James Whitmore

Sgt. Elliott

Carl Benton Reid

Col. Janeway

Harvey Lembeck

Pvt. Gottschalk

Ray Teal

Dr. Trent

Robert Nichols

2nd Lt. O'Hirons

Don Shelton

Maj. Gibbs

Denver Pyle

Infantryman (uncredited)

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1 review

John Chard

12y ago

8.0

The Square Peg and the Round Hole. The Command is directed by David Butler and adapted by Samuel Fuller and Russell Hughes from the novel "Rear Guard" written by James Warner Bellah. It stars Guy Madison, James Whitmore, Joan Weldon, Carl Benton Reid and Harvey Lembeck. A CinemaScope production in Warnercolor, music is by Dimitri Tiomkin and cinematography by Wilfred M. Cline. When the comm...