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Captain Newman, M.D. (1963)

NR ★ 6.6/10 126 min Comedy, Drama, War United States English
Director: David Miller
Streaming: Not available
It speaks to you in the language of love, laughter and tears!...

Description

In 1944, Capt. Josiah J. Newman is the doctor in charge of Ward 7, the neuropsychiatric ward, at an Army Air Corps hospital in Arizona. The hospital is under-resourced and Newman scrounges what he needs with the help of his inventive staff, especially Cpl. Jake Leibowitz. The military in general is only just coming to accept psychiatric disorders as legitimate and Newman generally has 6 weeks to cure them or send them on to another facility. There are many patients in the ward and his latest include Colonel Norville Bliss who has dissociated from his past; Capt. Paul Winston who is nearly catatonic after spending 13 months hiding in a cellar behind enemy lines; and 20 year-old Cpl. Jim Tompkins who is severely traumatized after his aircraft was shot down. Others come and go, including Italian prisoners of war, but Newman and team all realize that their success means the men will return to their units.

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Top Cast

Gregory Peck
Gregory Peck Capt. Josiah "Joe" Newman, MD
Tony Curtis
Tony Curtis Cpl. Jackson "Jake" Leibowitz
Angie Dickinson
Angie Dickinson Lt. Francie Corum
Eddie Albert
Eddie Albert Col. Norval Algate Bliss
James Gregory
James Gregory Col. Edgar Pyser
Bethel Leslie
Bethel Leslie Mrs. Helene Winston
Robert Duvall
Robert Duvall Capt. Paul Cabot Winston
Jane Withers
Jane Withers Lt. Grace Blodgett

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