Overview
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.
Production
Universal Pictures
Cast & Characters
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
Directors & Crew
Robert Arthur
Producer
Richard L. Breen
Screenplay
David Miller
Director
Henry Ephron
Screenplay
Phoebe Ephron
Screenplay
Gregory Peck
Producer
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