The court-martial of Billy Mitchell / Warner Bros. Pictures presents ; story and screen play by Milton Sperling and Emmet Lavery ; a United States Pictures production ; produced by Milton Sperling ; directed by Otto Preminger.

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Brigadier General Billy Mitchell has devoted his life to the military, and his career to developing a superior air defense force for the United States. When top army brass fail to recognize the importance of air power following its crucial role in winning WWI, Mitchell initiates a campaign to change...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967)
Republic Pictures Home Video (Firm)
Artisan Home Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Preminger, Otto
Sperling, Milton, 1912-1988
Lavery, Emmet, 1902-1986
Cooper, Gary, 1901-1961
Bickford, Charles, 1891-1967
Bellamy, Ralph, 1904-1991
Steiger, Rod, 1925-2002
Montgomery, Elizabeth, 1933-1995
Language:English
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
In English.
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
Published: Santa Monica, CA : Republic Pictures Home Video : Distributed by Artisan Home Entertainment, 2003, 1955.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Mitchell, William, > 1879-1936 > Trials, litigation, etc. > Drama.
World War, 1914-1918 > Aerial operations, American > Drama.
Courts-martial and courts of inquiry > United States > Drama.
Closed captioning.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genre:
Drama.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
Brigadier General Billy Mitchell has devoted his life to the military, and his career to developing a superior air defense force for the United States. When top army brass fail to recognize the importance of air power following its crucial role in winning WWI, Mitchell initiates a campaign to change their minds--a campaign that will ultimately lead to his demotion and the most controversial military trial in U.S. history.
Note:Originally released as a motion picture in 1955.
Full-screen format.
Videorecording.
Call Number:AQ9 D0030777 VideoDVD
D606 .C68 2003 VideoDVD
Audience:
Not rated by MPAA.
Credits:Director of photography, Sam Leavitt ; editing, Folmar Blangsted ; music by Dimitri Tiomkin.
System Details:DVD.
Cast:
Gary Cooper, Charles Bickford, Ralph Bellamy, Rod Steiger, Elizabeth Montgomery, Fred Clark, James Daly, Jack Lord, Peter Graves, Darren mcGavin, Robert Simon, Charles Dingle.