Captain Newman, M.D.
It speaks to you in the language of love, laughter and tears!...
126 mins
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.
Syl Lamont
Sgt. Kopp
Margaret Nash
Nurse
Steve Restivo
Italian Prisoner
Ron Brogan
Catholic Chaplain (uncredited)
Calvin Brown
Guest at Christmas Party (uncredited)
Sam Reese
Haskell - Patient (uncredited)
Pat Colby
Nurse's Aide (uncredited)
Dan Dowling
Officer at Christmas Party (uncredited)
Robert Arthur
Producer
Henry Ephron
Screenplay
Phoebe Ephron
Screenplay
Leo Rosten
Novel
Alma Macrorie
Editor
Russell Garcia
Original Music Composer
Walter Hammond
Special Effects
Albert Whitlock
Matte Painter
Johnny Hagner
Stunts
Joseph Gershenson
Music Supervisor
Paul Salamunovich
Conductor
Phil Bowles
Assistant Director
Robert D. Webb
Second Unit Director
William S. Gilmore
Assistant Director
Terry Morse Jr.
Second Assistant Director
Joseph C. Behm
Unit Production Manager
Larry Germain
Hairstylist
Jean Abbott
Makeup Artist
Emma M. diVittorio
Hairstylist
Frank McCoy
Makeup Artist
Frank Prehoda
Makeup Artist
Russell Garcia
Additional Music
Alexander Golitzen
Art Direction
Alfred Sweeney
Art Direction
Howard Bristol
Set Decoration
Rosemary Odell
Costume Design
John Oliver
Sound Assistant
Waldon O. Watson
Sound
William Russell
Sound
Russell Metty
Director of Photography
Eddie Pyle
Camera Operator
John Erlinger
Sound Assistant
Kenneth Smith
Grip
Charles Cowie
Grip
Rollie Lane
Still Photographer
Henry Janssen
Sound Assistant