Angie Dickinson, Bobby Darin, Dick Sargent

Dr. Josiah Newman (Gregory Peck) runs the psychiatric unit of a U.S. Military Hospital during WWII. Short of help, Newman coerces newly arrived neurotic orderly Jackson Leibowitz (Tony Curtis) to work...( read more  read more... ) in his ward. Leibowitz's scheming & humor quickly turns life inside the ward upside down. Newman, while amused, tries to maintain a semblance of order. Newman's other recruit to the ward is nurse Lt. Francie Corum (Angie Dickinson). Corum is at first shocked by what she sees in the ward, but admires the compassionate & effective way in which Newman deals with each of his patients. Together Newman & Corum help a variety of patients with war related psychological traumas, while they themselves struggle with the dilema of healing these soldiers so they can be sent back into battle to face possible death.

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Unrated, 126 min.

Directed by: David Miller

Release Date: December 25, 1963

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DVD Release Date: November 4, 2008

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  • May 20, 2009
    Enjoyable comic drama. Peck is a tower of strength, Angie stalwart, and Tony Curtis most amusing which is welcome when it gets to be heavy going at times. Rest of the cast full of familiar faces perform well. Only problem is that it's overlong.
  • March 4, 2009
    Fresh off his Academy Award for To Kill a Mockingbird, Gregory Peck jumps into a comedy drama and surrounds himself with some very capable players: Tony Curtis, Angie Dickinson, Eddie Albert, Dick Sargent and a young Robert Duvall.

    This isn't a perfect movie by any means but ...( read more)it delivers on the laughs and at no point did I feel the story arch was being lost behind the occasional comic spot of Curtis. Peck isn't given much to work with in terms of character however he reveals his extraordinary ability to be convincing in reacting and observing the other patients. One of the better scenes is one where Bobby Darin is dreaming and explaining his problems to Peck and Dickinson in a hospital room.

    This is a very well constructed war, drama-comedy and is full of strong players and performances. About as interesting as a military hospital film can be.
  • December 14, 2008
    This is a good movie
  • November 19, 2007
    Loved it...loved it...loved it

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