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