Battle Circus (1953)
1h 30m
Running Time
March 6, 1953Release Date
Battle Circus (1953)
1h 30m
Running Time
March 6, 1953Release Date
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Plot.
A young Army nurse, Lt Ruth McGara, newly assigned to the 66th MASH during the Korean War, attracts the sexual attention of the unit's commander Dr. (MAJ) Jed Webbe. Webbe, who has a drinking problem, at first wants a "no strings" relationship. McGara is warned by the other nurses of Webbe's womanizing ways. Despite these initial handicaps, their love flourishes against a background of war, enemy attacks, death and injury. The relationship deepens and uplifts both characters.
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Cast & Crew.
Humphrey Bogart
Maj. Jed Webbe
June Allyson
Lt. Ruth McGara
Keenan Wynn
Sgt. Orvil Statt
Robert Keith
Lt. Col. Hilary Walters
William Campbell
Capt. John 'Rusty' Rustford
Perry Sheehan
Lt. Laurence
Patricia Tiernan
Lt. Rose Ashland
Adele Longmire
Lt. Jane Franklin
Jonathan Cott
Adjutant
Ann Morrison
Lt. Edith Edwards
Sarah Selby
Capt. Dobbs
Richard Brooks
Director
Dick Simmons
Capt. Norson
Allen Rivkin
Writer
Robert Carson
Division Surgeon
Alvy Moore
Runnker
Laura Kerr
Writer
Howard Negley
Major General
Robert Nichols
Pvt. Sommers
Pandro S. Berman
Producer
A. Arnold Gillespie
Special Effects
Lennie Hayton
Composer
John Alton
Cinematographer
Alfred E. Spencer
Set Decoration
Media.
Details.
Release DateMarch 6, 1953
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 30m
Content RatingNR
Budget$1,201,000
Box Office$2,362,000
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Battle Circus is a 1953 American war film directed by Richard Brooks, who also co-wrote the screenplay with married writing duo Laura Kerr and Allen Rivkin. The movie stars Humphrey Bogart and June Allyson, and costars Keenan Wynn and Robert Keith.
The film is set in South Korea during the Korean War. Bogart (in his only film for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) plays a surgeon and commander of Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH) 8666 (shortened to "66" in the dialogue), with Allyson playing a newly arrived nurse. Despite initial obstacles, their love flourishes against a background of war, enemy attacks, death and injury.
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