The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell
“He defied the army and navy . . . and they gave him a Court Martial!”
Why would the Army put one of its own generals on trial for talking about airplanes? Col. Billy Mitchell (Gary Cooper) has spent years loudly insisting that High Command is neglecting the nation's aerial forces, and in 1925 he stands accused for saying so in public. Otto Preminger fills the courtroom with Rod Steiger's Maj. Allan Guillion at the prosecution table and Gary Cooper in uniform, standing alone in the CinemaScope frame.
