上级命令 (1948)
Command Decision
《上级命令》是由山姆·伍德执导，George Froeschel、William Wister Haines、William R. Laidlaw编剧，克拉克·盖博、沃尔特·皮金、范·强生、布莱恩·唐莱维、查尔斯·比克福德等主演的美国战争剧情片，于1948年12月在美国首映，片长112分钟 。影片改编自战后同名舞台剧，获得1项提名，聚焦二战期间美军将领凯西司令官为阻止德国研制新型战机，不顾国会反对策划自杀式攻击秘密基地的决策过程 。 影片通过军事行动背后的政治博弈展现战争复杂性。克拉克·盖博饰演的凯西将军在军事伦理与政治压力间的挣扎成为叙事核心，演员的表演有助于呈现决策过程中的道德困境。
演员阵容
- 克拉克·盖博 — Brigadier General K.C. 'Casey' Dennis
- Walter Pidgeon — Major General Roland Goodlow Kane
- 范·约翰逊 — Technical Sergeant Immanuel T. Evans
- Brian Donlevy — Brigadier General Clifton I. Garnet
- Charles Bickford — Elmer Brockhurst
- John Hodiak — Col. Edward Rayton Martin
- 爱德华·阿诺德 — Congressman Arthur Malcolm
- Marshall Thompson — Capt. George Washington Bellpepper Lee
- Richard Quine — Maj. George Rockton
- Cameron Mitchell — Lt. Ansel Goldberg
- Clinton Sundberg — Maj. Homer V. Prescott
- 雷·柯林斯 — Maj. Desmond Lansing
趣闻
Command Decision is a 1949 war film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer starring Clark Gable, Walter Pidgeon, Van Johnson, and Brian Donlevy, and directed by Sam Wood, based on the 1948 stage play of the same name written by William Wister Haines, which he based on his best-selling 1947 novel. The screenplay for the film was written by George Froeschel and William R. Laidlaw. Haines' play ran on Broadway for almost a year beginning in October 1947.
Production
Clark Gable joined the Army Air Forces during World War II shortly after the death of his wife Carole Lombard in an aircraft crash, following a bond drive. He was promoted from lieutenant to major and flew five combat bombing missions from England in B-17s as a waist gunner, receiving the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal. Cameron Mitchell, who plays bombardier Lt. Goldberg, was also a bombardier during the war.
On the basis of his stage performance as Technical Sergeant Evans in the Broadway production of Command Decision, James Whitmore was contracted to MGM, although Van Johnson played the role in the film. Barry Nelson provided the uncredited radio voice ("Cumquat B-Baker") of B-17 pilot bringing in his bomber after a raid with wounded aboard.
MGM bought the rights to William Wister Haines' 1947 novel Command Decision at the behest of Clark Gable, who saw in it a starring role for himself. MGM paid a $100,000 down payment, which would escalate to $300,000 if the novel were staged as a play by October 1947. In the event, the play opened on Broadway on October 1 of that year.
Before filming began, Robert Taylor and Tom Drake had been expected to play roles in the film. Command Decision was in production from April 13–June 23, 1948, although principal photography began on April 24, 1948 at March Air Force Base. A single location shot was included in the final print, in which Dennis sees Martin off on the fatal mission.
The film uses extensive cuts of archived footage shot during the war, but all of it is of the many varied aspects of mission preparation, takeoffs and landings. Except for the sequence under the opening credits, of bomber formations leaving voluminous contrails and then dropping bombs, no combat footage is used in the movie.
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