The Command (1954 film)
| The Command | |
|---|---|
 Original film poster | |
| Directed by | David Butler |
| Written by | James Warner Bellah (novel "Rear Guard") Samuel Fuller Russell S. Hughes |
| Produced by | David Weisbart |
| Starring | Guy Madison |
| Cinematography | Wilfred M. Cline |
| Edited by | Irene Morra |
| Music by | Dimitri Tiomkin |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release date |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $2.5 million (US)[1] |
The Command is a 1954 CinemaScope Western film directed by David Butler. It stars Guy Madison and James Whitmore.[2] It was based on the novel Rear Guard by James Warner Bellah and features a screenplay by Sam Fuller.
Plot
Once the commanding officer of a cavalry patrol is killed, the ranking officer who must take command is an army doctor. The patrol's sergeant convinces the doctor to impersonate a military (rather than medical) commander, to avoid embarrassment while passing an infantry troop. The plan backfires when the colonel leading the infantry troop orders the doctor, who maintains the ruse, to lead "his" cavalry troop into hostile territory.
Cast
- Guy Madison as Capt. Robert MacClaw
- Joan Weldon as Martha Cutting
- James Whitmore as Sgt. Elliot
- Carl Benton Reid as Col. Janeway
- Harvey Lembeck as Pvt. Gottschalk
- ^ 'The Top Box-Office Hits of 1954', Variety Weekly, January 5, 1955
- ^ http://allmovie.com/work/the-command-87675
External links
- The Command at IMDb
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