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Alfie Bass, Anthony Nicholls, Howard Marion-Crawford

It's 1945, Burma, the day the war is over! For many this means they've survived and will be going home. But not for everyone. A Scottish soldier, Corporal Lachlan "Lachie" MacLachlan is the victim of ...( read more  read more... )a wound to the lower back on this day. He's moved to a M.A.S.H. unit and undergoes surgery. As time goes by he begins to recover and watches, in dismay as soldiers pack up and head for home. The doctors have told him he needs to remain "for observation". The Colonel takes Sister Parker, the unit head nurse, into his confidence and tells her that the real reason Cpl. MacLachlan can't go home is because the wound he sustained destroyed one of his kidneys and the other one is defective and will shut down in three to four weeks. He asks her to put Lachlan up with some other soldiers she has waiting to go home so that he can spend his last days with friends. But Cpl. MacLachlan wants nothing to do with friends and prefers his own privacy to "idle chat". He's a hard nut to crack and their work is cut out for them to make him as comfortable as possible.

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Unrated, 102 min.

Directed by: Vincent Sherman

Release Date: November 2, 1949

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DVD Release Date: August 15, 2006

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  • SageSlowdive
    August 24, 2009
    SageSlowdive
    A cure for insomnia.
  • Ghw12158
    April 9, 2009
    Ghw12158
    good well acted drama
  • BigBabyJesus
    October 20, 2008
    BigBabyJesus
    Another fine film starring the former President. He was a much better actor than he was given credit for. This is a compelling story, and I would watch it again for sure.

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