Captain Newman, M.D.
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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.
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Edited by Alma MacrorieShot by Russell MettyScored by Frank Skinner
Also known as
- Captain Newmande
- Capitán Newmanes
- Le Combat du capitaine Newmanfr
- Capitan Newmanit
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20 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Gregory Peck
as Capt. Josiah J. Newman, MD
Tony Curtis
as Cpl. Jackson 'Jake' Leibowitz
Angie Dickinson
as Lt. Francie Corum
Eddie Albert
as Col. Norval Algate Bliss
James Gregory
as Col. Edgar Pyser
Bethel Leslie
as Mrs. Helene Winston
Robert Duvall
as Capt. Paul Cabot Winston
Jane Withers
as Lt. Grace Blodgett
Dick Sargent
as Lt. Belden 'Barney' Alderson
Larry Storch
as Cpl. Gavoni
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