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.
Cast
Gregory Peck
Capt. Josiah "Joe" Newman, MDTony Curtis
Cpl. Jackson "Jake" LeibowitzAngie Dickinson
Lt. Francie CorumEddie Albert
Col. Norval Algate BlissJames Gregory
Col. Edgar PyserBethel Leslie
Mrs. Helene WinstonRobert Duvall
Capt. Paul Cabot WinstonJane Withers
Lt. Grace BlodgettDick Sargent
Lt. Belden 'Barney' AldersonLarry Storch
Cpl. GavoniRobert F. Simon
Lt. Col. M.B. LarrabeePaul Carr
Arthur WerbelVito Scotti
Maj. Alfredo FortunoCrahan Denton
Maj. Gen. SnowdenGregory Walcott
Capt. HowardCharlie Briggs
GorkowBobby Darin
Cpl. Jim TomkinsBarry Atwater
Maj. Dawes (uncredited)Ted Bessell
Carrozzo - Patient (uncredited)Cal Bolder
Patient at Mental Ward (uncredited)Marc Cavell
Patient (uncredited)Ann Doran
Mrs. Pyser (uncredited)Mike Farrell
Patient (uncredited)Paul Lukather
Pilot (uncredited)Titus Moede
Undetermined Role (uncredited)Ken Swofford
Patient (uncredited)Images
Videos
Captain Newman MD 1963 Trailer
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