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

Buddy G. DeSylva
Executive Producer

Corydon M. Wassell
Story

James Hilton
Story

Roland Anderson
Art Direction

Alan Le May
Screenplay

Victor Milner
Director of Photography

Charles Bennett
Screenplay

Victor Young
Original Music Composer

Hans Dreier
Art Direction

Natalie Visart
Costume Design

Anne Bauchens
Editor

George Sawley
Set Decoration

Sidney Biddell
Associate Producer

Glen E. Richardson
Still Photographer

George Dutton
Special Sound Effects
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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