Captain Newman, M.D.
“It speaks to you in the language of love, laughter and tears!...”
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
34 people
Gregory Peck
Capt. Josiah "Joe" Newman, MD
Known for
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Tony Curtis
Cpl. Jackson "Jake" Leibowitz
Known for
Some Like It Hot
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Angie Dickinson
Lt. Francie Corum
Known for
Pay It Forward
Dressed to Kill
Eddie Albert
Col. Norval Algate Bliss
Known for
Roman Holiday
Escape to Witch Mountain
James Gregory
Col. Edgar Pyser
Known for
The Manchurian Candidate
Beneath the Planet of the Apes
Bethel Leslie
Mrs. Helene Winston
Known for
Message in a Bottle
The Molly Maguires
Robert Duvall
Capt. Paul Cabot Winston
Known for
The Godfather Part II
Deep Impact
Jane Withers
Lt. Grace Blodgett
Known for
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Giant
Dick Sargent
Lt. Belden 'Barney' Alderson
Known for
Bewitched
Hardcore
Larry Storch
Cpl. Gavoni
Known for
The Great Race
Jack Frost
Robert F. Simon
Lt. Col. M.B. Larrabee
Known for
Spider-Man Strikes Back
Bigger Than Life
Syl Lamont
Sgt. Kopp
Known for
Mirage
Lost Command
David Miller Director · Richard L. Breen Screenplay Phoebe Ephron Screenplay
Worldwide gross $4.2M · United States release December 25, 1963 · Produced in United States
Box office
Worldwide gross
$4,250,000
Production
Universal Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Italian
Release dates
United States · December 25, 1963
Theatrical
Brazil
January 1, 1964 · Theatrical
France
March 20, 1964 · Theatrical
Portugal
January 2, 1964 · Theatrical
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