Original title: The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
Year: 1955
Country: USA
Region code: A
Content: Blu-Ray
EAN: 738329268213
Image: 2.55:1 (1080p)
Audio: English
Subtitles: English
Rating: Not Rated
Genre: Drama / Classics
Cast: Gary Cooper, Rod Steiger, Elizabeth Montgomery
Director: Otto Preminger
Synopsis:
The incomparable Gary Cooper (Cloak and Dagger, High Noon) portrays a controversial American hero in this electrifying true story of the most sensational military trial in US history. It is the end of WWI—and the birth of aerial warfare. Although airplanes had only been used for reconnaissance, Brigadier General Billy Mitchell has foreseen their deadly power and importance in future combat as bombers and fighter plans. But his superiors in the Army Air Service are blind to his prophecy and when Mitchell begins a campaign to build an armed air force against their will, they brand him a traitor and summon him for court-martial. Although the Army attempts to cover up the trial, it becomes an explosive media event that explores the self-serving incompetence of the military and how one man's vision can serve to shape history. Featuring first-class direction by Otto Preminger (Anatomy of a Murder, Rosebud) and a star-studded cast with Charles Bickford, Ralph Bellamy, Rod Steiger, Elizabeth Montgomery, Jack Lord, Peter Graves, Darren McGavin and Fred Clark.
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