During World War 1, an aviator competes against an army doctor for the love of a nurse.During World War 1, an aviator competes against an army doctor for the love of a nurse.During World War 1, an aviator competes against an army doctor for the love of a nurse.
Eddie Acuff
- Sergeant
- (uncredited)
Jack Briggs
- Hospital Orderly
- (uncredited)
Cliff Clark
- Ship Captain
- (uncredited)
Ann Codee
- Flower Woman
- (uncredited)
Eddie Dew
- Hospital Orderly
- (uncredited)
Fred Farrell
- Proprietor
- (uncredited)
Bud Geary
- Hospital Orderly
- (uncredited)
Eddie Hart
- George, the Dispatch Runner
- (uncredited)
Dick Hogan
- Saunders
- (uncredited)
Lloyd Ingraham
- Bit
- (uncredited)
Jack Martin
- German Officer
- (uncredited)
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Storyline
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- TriviaThis film's earliest documented telecast took place in Salt Lake City Tuesday 19 June 1956 on KUTV (Channel 2); it first aired in Philadelphia Tuesday 17 July 1956 on WFIL (Channel 6), in Altoona Sunday 29 July 1956 on WFBG (Channel 8), in Detroit Wednesday 12 September 1956 on WJBK (Channel 2), in New York City Friday 14 September 1956 on WOR (Channel 9), in Fort Worth Friday 19 October on WBAP (Channel 5), in Memphis Tuesday 30 October 1956 on WHBQ (Channel 13), and in St. Petersburg Friday 21 December 1956 on WSUN (Channel 38).
- GoofsNear the beginning of the picture there is a brief shot of a hospital ship. For some reason the footage is being run backwards as the smoke is going into the ship's funnels, instead of out of it.
- ConnectionsEdited from Hell's Angels (1930)
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Where the action was
Army Surgeon stars Jane Wyatt in the title role. The problem is that during
World War I the army would not send Jane to France where the action was and
her skills needed. Narrating this in flashback is Jane during World War II and
she says in order to get there she had to pretend being a nurse. Some strange
ideas back in the day.
Anyway Wyatt gets two men most interested in her. Medical colleague James Ellison and carefree aviator Kent Taylor. The accent here is mostly on the romantic hijinks until all three are trapped in a cave-in of the hospital trench when the Germans advance.
The film isn't exactly an epic, but it wears a lot better than many B film flagwavers made during the period. There's a nice performance by James Burke as a doughboy from, where else Brooklyn as per his character name as the comic relief.
It gets pretty harrowing inside that trench. If you'll remember in The Fighting 69th many in that cast were also trapped when a trench caved in, a dramatic high point in that better known film from Warner Brothers.
I think you'll like this one and as for who winds up with Wyatt you watch the film for that.
Anyway Wyatt gets two men most interested in her. Medical colleague James Ellison and carefree aviator Kent Taylor. The accent here is mostly on the romantic hijinks until all three are trapped in a cave-in of the hospital trench when the Germans advance.
The film isn't exactly an epic, but it wears a lot better than many B film flagwavers made during the period. There's a nice performance by James Burke as a doughboy from, where else Brooklyn as per his character name as the comic relief.
It gets pretty harrowing inside that trench. If you'll remember in The Fighting 69th many in that cast were also trapped when a trench caved in, a dramatic high point in that better known film from Warner Brothers.
I think you'll like this one and as for who winds up with Wyatt you watch the film for that.
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- bkoganbing
- Jan 5, 2018
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- Runtime1 hour 3 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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