The Story of Dr. Wassell (1944)
2h 20m
Running Time
July 4, 1944Release Date
The Story of Dr. Wassell (1944)
2h 20m
Running Time
July 4, 1944Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
As the Japanese sweep through the East Indies during World War II, Dr. Wassell is determined to escape from Java with some crewmen of the cruiser Marblehead. Based on a true story of how Dr. Wassell saved a dozen or so wounded sailors who were left behind when able bodied men were evacuated to Australia.
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Cast & Crew.
Gary Cooper
Dr. Corydon M. Wassell
Laraine Day
Madeleine
Signe Hasso
Bettina
Dennis O'Keefe
Benjamin 'Hoppy' Hopkins
Carol Thurston
Tremartini (Three Martini)
Carl Esmond
Lt. Dirk Van Daal
Paul Kelly
Murdock
Elliott Reid
William 'Andy' Anderson
Laurette Luez
Pretty Javanese Girl
Stanley Ridges
Cmdr. William B. 'Bill' Goggins
Renny McEvoy
Johnny Leeweather
Oliver Thorndike
Alabam
Philip Ahn
Ping
Barbara Britton
Ruth
William Severn
Little English Boy (uncredited)
Richard Loo
Chinese Doctor on Train (uncredited)
Douglas Fowley
Bit Part (uncredited)
Ann Doran
Praying Woman (uncredited)
Yvonne De Carlo
Native Girl (uncredited)
Cecil B. DeMille
Voice of Narrator (uncredited) / Director / Producer
Irving Bacon
Missionary (uncredited)
Milton Kibbee
'Janssen' Passenger (uncredited)
Gavin Muir
Dutch Military Messenger (uncredited)
Jack Norton
'Janssen' Passenger (uncredited)
Philip Van Zandt
Dutch Gunner (uncredited)
Amzie Strickland
Native Woman (uncredited)
George Macready
Dutch Army Captain (uncredited)
William E. Snyder
Director of Photography
Alan Le May
Screenplay
Charles Bennett
Screenplay
Corydon M. Wassell
Story
James Hilton
Story
Media.
Details.
Release DateJuly 4, 1944
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 20m
Content RatingNR
Genres
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Wiki.
The Story of Dr. Wassell is a 1944 American World War II film set in the Dutch East Indies, directed by Cecil B. DeMille, and starring Gary Cooper, Laraine Day, Signe Hasso and Dennis O'Keefe. The film was based on a book of the same name by novelist and screenwriter James Hilton.
The book and film were inspired by the wartime activities of U.S. Navy Doctor Corydon M. Wassell which were referred to by President Roosevelt in a radio broadcast made in April 1942. The appropriate section of this broadcast appears toward the end of the film.
For their work on this film, Farciot Edouart, Gordon Jennings and George Dutton received a nomination for the Oscar for Best Effects.
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