Captain Newman, M.D.

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Captain Newman, M.D.

1963,

2h 6m,

Comedy/

Drama

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Capt. Newman (Gregory Peck) is a kindhearted military psychiatrist who decides whether disturbed soldiers are ready to return to combat in World War II. Of special concern to him are a war hero (Bobby Darin) plagued by guilt for the death of his friend, a commander whose casualties weigh heavily on his conscience and a captain rendered catatonic after hiding in a basement in Nazi Germany for a year. While Newman tries to mend their psyches, he has ethical doubts about returning them to battle.

Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Jan 16, 2021

3/4

This captivating comedy-drama anticipates M*A*S*H in its exploration of the effects of war on military doctors and the patients in their care.

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Joan Didion

Vogue

Mar 16, 2020

A good movie to catch (and "catch" is the verb) if it's playing, say, on Eighty-sixth Street and you live on, say, Eighty-first Street and don't feel up to reading Leo Rosten's book of the same name.

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Aug 5, 2010

B-

Bobby Darin received his first and only Oscar nomination for playing a shell-shocked soldier-patient under the care of Gregory Peck's military psychiatrist.

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Robert Roten

Laramie Movie Scope

Sep 11, 2005

4/5

Chuck O'Leary

Fantastica Daily

Sep 8, 2005

2/5

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Finn S

Aug 31, 2017

I own this and preview this for friends and family during the Christmas Holidays. Simply Brilliant, Under-rated and an EARLY MASTERFUL PERFORMANCE by Robert Duvall. I adore Tony Curtis in this as he repeats his character from Operation Petticoat. The EXTENSIVE STELLAR supporting cast, if nothing else DEMANDS this, a MUST SEE WAR FILM.

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David Miller

Director

Gregory Peck

Capt. Josiah J. Newman, MD

Tony Curtis

Cpl. Jackson "Jake" Leibowitz

Bobby Darin

Corporal Jim Tompkins

Angie Dickinson

Lt. Francie Corum

Eddie Albert

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Synopsis

Capt. Newman (Gregory Peck) is a kindhearted military psychiatrist who decides whether disturbed soldiers are ready to return to combat in World War II. Of special concern to him are a war hero (Bobby Darin) plagued by guilt for the death of his friend, a commander whose casualties weigh heavily on his conscience and a captain rendered catatonic after hiding in a basement in Nazi Germany for a year. While Newman tries to mend their psyches, he has ethical doubts about returning them to battle.

Director: David Miller
Producer: Robert Arthur
Screenwriter: Richard L. Breen, Phoebe Ephron, Henry Ephron
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Production Co: Universal/Universal Int
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 25, 1963, Original
Release Date (DVD): Nov 4, 2008
Runtime: 2h 6m

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