High-ranking officers struggle with the decision to prioritize bombing German factories producing new jet fighters over the extremely high casualties the mission will cost.
Clark Gable
as Brigadier General K.C. 'Casey' Dennis
Walter Pidgeon
as Major General Roland Goodlow Kane
Van Johnson
as Technical Sergeant Immanuel T. Evans
Brian Donlevy
as Brigadier General Clifton I. Garnet
Charles Bickford
as Elmer Brockhurst
John Hodiak
as Col. Edward Rayton Martin
Edward Arnold
as Congressman Arthur Malcolm
Marshall Thompson
as Capt. George Washington Bellpepper Lee
Richard Quine
as Maj. George Rockton
Cameron Mitchell
as Lt. Ansel Goldberg
Clinton Sundberg
as Maj. Homer V. Prescott
Ray Collins
as Maj. Desmond Lansing
