The Command (1954 film)


The Command is a 1954 CinemaScope Western film directed by David Butler. It stars Guy Madison and James Whitmore. 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 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