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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.

It speaks to you in the language of love, laughter and tears!...

Genres: Comedy, Drama, War

Starring: Gregory Peck, Tony Curtis, Angie Dickinson

Released: December 25, 1963

Runtime: 126.0

Popularity Rating: 0.859

Universal Pictures

United States of America

Capt. Josiah 'Joe' Newman, MD Gregory Peck
Cpl. Jackson 'Jake' Leibowitz Tony Curtis
Lt. Francie Corum Angie Dickinson
Col. Norval Algate Bliss Eddie Albert
Col. Edgar Pyser James Gregory
Mrs. Helene Winston Bethel Leslie
Capt. Paul Cabot Winston Robert Duvall
Lt. Grace Blodgett Jane Withers
Lt. Belden 'Barney' Alderson Dick Sargent
Cpl. Gavoni Larry Storch
Lt. Col. M.B. Larrabee Robert F. Simon
Sgt. Kopp Syl Lamont
Arthur Werbel Paul Carr
Maj. Alfredo Fortuno Vito Scotti
Maj. Gen. Snowden Crahan Denton
Capt. Howard Gregory Walcott
Gorkow Charlie Briggs
Cpl. Jim Tomkins Bobby Darin
Carrozzo - Patient (uncredited) Ted Bessell
Mrs. Pyser (uncredited) Ann Doran
Patient (uncredited) Mike Farrell
Pilot (uncredited) Paul Lukather
Undetermined Role (uncredited) Titus Moede
Patient (uncredited) Ken Swofford

Camera — Director of Photography: Russell Metty
Directing — Director: David Miller
Editing — Editor: Alma Macrorie
Production — Producer: Robert Arthur
Sound — Original Music Composer: Frank Skinner
Writing — Novel: Leo Rosten
Writing — Screenplay: Henry Ephron
Writing — Screenplay: Phoebe Ephron
Writing — Screenplay: Richard L. Breen