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The Command (1954)

NR 02/13/1954 (US) Western 1h 34m

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

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

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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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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 commanding officer of his Cavalry patrol is killed, the army doctor is tasked with taking the reins and leading the men.

It deserves to be better known. Warner Brother's first CinemaScope release and t... read the rest.

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