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Captain Newman, M.D. (1963)
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25 December 1963 (USA)
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A picture that swings from hilarity to heart-break and back again! more
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Dr. Josiah Newman runs the psychiatric unit of a U.S. Military Hospital during WWII. Short of help,...
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Nominated for 3 Oscars.
Another 7 nominations
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The story of a mental ward during WWII
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Gregory Peck | ... | Capt. Josiah J. Newman, MD | |
| Tony Curtis | ... | Cpl. Jackson 'Jake' Leibowitz | |
| Angie Dickinson | ... | Lt. Francie Corum | |
| Eddie Albert | ... | Col. Norval Algate Bliss | |
| James Gregory | ... | Col. Edgar Pyser | |
| Bethel Leslie | ... | Mrs. Helene Winston | |
| Robert Duvall | ... | Capt. Paul Cabot Winston | |
| Jane Withers | ... | Lt. Grace Blodgett | |
| Dick Sargent | ... | Lt. Belden 'Barney' Alderson | |
| Larry Storch | ... | Cpl. Gavoni | |
| Robert F. Simon | ... | Lt. Col. M.B. Larrabee | |
| Syl Lamont | ... | Sgt. Kopp | |
| Paul Carr | ... | Arthur Werbel (patient) | |
| Vito Scotti | ... | Maj. Alfredo Fortuno, Italian P.O.W. | |
| Crahan Denton | ... | Maj. Gen. Snowden |
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126 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)
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Anachronisms: The officer played by James Gregory states on the phone that the Italians are the enemy. In 1944 the Italians had already surrendered and although savage fighting continued on Italian soil until the end of the war, the new Italian government declared itself allied with the United States, Great Britain, etc. Therefore the Italians were, not are, the enemy
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Cpl. Jackson 'Jake' Leibowitz:
[to Capt. Newman] You see, in the neighborhood I came, we had to learn six different languages in order to do business.
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Referenced in Beyond the Sea (2004)
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Jingle Bells
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Curious film about the mental ward at an army hospital.Peck is the head of the ward,assisted by pretty nurse Dickinson and crafty orderly Curtis.The inmates consist of a very unstable colonel (Eddie Albert),a self destructive young airman (Bobby Darin) and a patient who has withdrawn from life (Robert Duvall).
This uneven film has some good moments. The scenes between Peck and Darin are really moving.But the sudden switches between comedy and drama make the film rather confusing.The comedy is mostly of the slapstick kind which is rather disturbing considering the film's subject of mental illness during war.