Captain Newman, M.D.
It speaks to you in the language of love, laughter and tears!...
1963 en 126 minutes
Rating: 6.5
Plot
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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Cast
Gregory Peck
Capt. Josiah "Joe" 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
Vito Scotti
Maj. Alfredo Fortuno
Crahan Denton
Maj. Gen. Snowden
Gregory Walcott
Capt. Howard
Charlie Briggs
Gorkow
Bobby Darin
Cpl. Jim Tomkins
Margaret Nash
Nurse
Steve Restivo
Italian Prisoner
Barry Atwater
Maj. Dawes (uncredited)
Ted Bessell
Carrozzo - Patient (uncredited)
Gary Bohn
Guest at Christmas Party (uncredited)
Cal Bolder
Patient at Mental Ward (uncredited)
Ron Brogan
Catholic Chaplain (uncredited)
Calvin Brown
Guest at Christmas Party (uncredited)
Marc Cavell
Patient (uncredited)
Ann Doran
Mrs. Pyser (uncredited)
Mike Farrell
Patient (uncredited)
Paul Lukather
Pilot (uncredited)
Titus Moede
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Ken Swofford
Patient (uncredited)
Sam Reese
Haskell - Patient (uncredited)
Pat Colby
Nurse's Aide (uncredited)
Dan Dowling
Officer at Christmas Party (uncredited)
