Captain Newman, M.D. (1963)
Directed by David Miller · 126 min · Comedy, Drama, War
30.1 TOPICAL score · #3,531 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →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.
Captain Newman, M.D. (1963, directed by David Miller) has a TOPICAL score of 30.1 - ranked 3,531 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on awards and cast, and lowest on lasting engagement. It won 0 awards from 7 nominations. Critics: 60% on Rotten Tomatoes · 6.4/10 critics' average. Audiences: TMDB 6.8/10 (36 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 18 languages.
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- Critics60% on Rotten Tomatoes · 6.4/10 critics' average
- AudienceTMDB 6.8/10 (36 ratings)
- Awards0 wins, 7 nominations
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 18 languages
- Still read3,177 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Gregory Peck (actor #64), Tony Curtis (actor #275), Angie Dickinson (actor #833), Eddie Albert (actor #808)