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Battle Circus (1953)

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User Rating: 5.4/10 (307 votes)
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Overview

Director:
Richard Brooks
Writers:
Allen Rivkin (story) and
Laura Kerr (story) ...
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Release Date:
6 March 1953 (USA) more
Genre:
Romance | War | Drama more
Plot:
Set in Korea and made during the war, this is the love story of a hard-bitten Army surgeon, and a new nurse ready to save the world. full summary | add synopsis
Plot Keywords:
Korean War
User Comments:
like a bland episode of MASH without the laughs and it gets worse each time I see it! more

Cast

 (Cast overview, first billed only)

Humphrey Bogart ... Maj. Jed Webbe

June Allyson ... Lt. Ruth McGara
Keenan Wynn ... Sgt. Orvil Statt
Robert Keith ... Lt. Col. Hilary Walters
William Campbell ... Capt. John Rustford
Perry Sheehan ... Lt. Laurence

Patricia Tiernan ... Lt. Rose Ashland
Adele Longmire ... Lt. Jane Franklin
Jonathan Cott ... Adjutant
Ann Morrison ... Lt. Edith Edwards
Helen Winston ... Lt. Graciano
Sarah Selby ... Capt. Dobbs
Danny Chang ... Korean child
Philip Ahn ... Korean prisoner
Steve Forrest ... Sergeant
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
MASH 66 (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
90 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | USA:Approved (PCA #16175)
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Humphrey Bogart accidentally set his left thumb afire with lighter fluid while filming the scene in which his character burns some documents. The accident is visible in the film. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: The aircraft strafing the hospital at the beginning of the movie have USAF markings. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Bacall on Bogart (1988) (TV) more

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0 out of 6 people found the following comment useful:-
like a bland episode of MASH without the laughs and it gets worse each time I see it!, 16 July 2005
3/10
Author: planktonrules from Bradenton, Florida

This is indeed a strange movie. Apart from MASH, I can't think of another film that deals with Korean War mobile hospitals. This COULD have been interesting, but it wasn't. Most of it is because the war is really secondary. The primary focus of the film is the horny character played by Bogart in his never-ending quest to get inside June Allyson's underwear! And he is SO unconvincing in this role and her character is such an idiot!! Mostly because Bogey frankly looked too old to be playing a young horn-dog and the dialog they gave him was unbelievably corny and filled with sleazy double-entendres! And, because he is the lead, you KNOW that regardless of how unappealing his character is and how much he SHOULD be taken up on sexual harassment charges, he'll get the girl by the end of the picture. As for June Alysson, she plays a complete dummy, as each time Bogey makes totally inappropriate advances on her, she blames herself for his pig-like behaviors!!

The only positives in the film were the performance by Keenan Wynn as well as the behind the scenes portions (such as showing the MASH unit packing and moving). Unfortunately, these positives are hugely outweighed by the negatives. So, unless you are a MAJOR Bogart fan, avoid this picture.

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