The Story of Dr. Wassell

Flaming Action from the Jungles of Java to China and the Seven Seas!

140 mins
As the Japanese sweep through the East Indies during World War II, Dr. Wassell is determined to escape from Java with some crewmen of the cruiser Marblehead. Based on a true story of how Dr. Wassell saved a dozen or so wounded sailors who were left behind when able bodied men were evacuated to Australia.

Gary Cooper

Dr. Corydon M. Wassell

Laraine Day

Madeleine

Dennis O'Keefe

Benjamin 'Hoppy' Hopkins

Carol Thurston

Tremartini (Three Martini)

Carl Esmond

Lt. Dirk Van Daal

Paul Kelly

Murdock

Elliott Reid

William 'Andy' Anderson

Laurette Luez

Pretty Javanese Girl

Stanley Ridges

Cmdr. William B. 'Bill' Goggins

Renny McEvoy

Johnny Leeweather

William Severn

Little English Boy (uncredited)

Richard Loo

Chinese Doctor on Train (uncredited)

Douglas Fowley

Bit Part (uncredited)

Ann Doran

Praying Woman (uncredited)

Yvonne De Carlo

Native Girl (uncredited)

Cecil B. DeMille

Voice of Narrator (uncredited)

Irving Bacon

Missionary (uncredited)

Milton Kibbee

'Janssen' Passenger (uncredited)

Gavin Muir

Dutch Military Messenger (uncredited)

Jack Norton

'Janssen' Passenger (uncredited)

Philip Van Zandt

Dutch Gunner (uncredited)

Amzie Strickland

Native Woman (uncredited)

George Macready

Dutch Army Captain (uncredited)

William E. Snyder

Director of Photography

Buddy G. DeSylva

Executive Producer

Roland Anderson

Art Direction

Alan Le May

Screenplay

Victor Milner

Director of Photography

Charles Bennett

Screenplay

Victor Young

Original Music Composer

Hans Dreier

Art Direction

Natalie Visart

Costume Design

George Sawley

Set Decoration

Sidney Biddell

Associate Producer

Glen E. Richardson

Still Photographer

George Dutton

Special Sound Effects

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