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Cry 'Havoc' (1943)
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February 1944 (USA)
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The Army nurses on Bataan need help badly, but when it arrives, it sure isn't what they expected. A motley crew...
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Nurses struggle with battle conditions on Philippines during WWII...
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(Complete credited cast)| Margaret Sullavan | ... | Lt. Mary Smith | |
| Ann Sothern | ... | Pat Conlin | |
| Joan Blondell | ... | Grace Lambert | |
| Fay Bainter | ... | Capt. Alice Marsh | |
| Marsha Hunt | ... | Flo Norris | |
| Ella Raines | ... | Connie Booth | |
| Frances Gifford | ... | Helen Domeret | |
| Diana Lewis | ... | Nydia Joyce | |
| Heather Angel | ... | Andra West | |
| Dorothy Morris | ... | Sue West | |
| Connie Gilchrist | ... | Sadie - Cook | |
| Gloria Grafton | ... | Steve Polden | |
| Fely Franquelli | ... | Luisita Esperito |
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97 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
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Although Karl Freund is credited on screen as director of photography, Hal Rosher is listed for this job in all Hollywood Reporter production charts.
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Sadie - Cook:
Horse meat, mule meat, monkey meat. What's the difference?
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CRY HAVOC follows in the tradition of films like SO PROUDLY WE HAIL by dealing exclusively with nurses in the Philippines on active duty during WWII. MARGARET SULLAVAN is the lieutenant in charge of a group of gals including ANN SOTHERN, ELLA RAINES, FRANCES GIFFORD and JOAN BLONDELL, all of whom are inexperienced but have to learn the ropes fast during wartime bombardments.
Based on a play, it barely shows its stage origins and presents a gritty story of nurses under stress doing the best they can under dire circumstances. MARGARET SULLAVAN and FAY BAINTER fret over having to deal with "wet-nosed kids" (as Sullavan calls them), all of them eventually becoming battle hardened after working conditions continually put them in harm's way. Watch for ROBERT MITCHUM in a brief unbilled bit as a dying soldier.
Sullavan and Sothern argue over Sothern's infatuation for a man Sullavan loves and there's some trite dialog among the all-female cast when they get to exchange stories--but it's still an above average melodrama of women nurses during war.
Summing up: Worth it for the gritty wartime bombardments and interesting cast, but don't expect anything great. Richard Thorpe's direction keeps the pace steadfast without too many lulls until the downbeat ending.