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5.5/10   386 votes
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Director:
Richard Brooks
Writers:
Allen Rivkin (story) and
Laura Kerr (story) ...
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Release Date:
6 March 1953 (USA) more
Genre:
Romance | War | Drama more
Tagline:
M-G-M's great drama of desire under fire!
Plot:
Set in Korea and made during the war, this is the love story of a hard-bitten Army surgeon, and a new nurse ready to save the world. full summary | add synopsis
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With a name like "Battle Circus" How can you go wrong? more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

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 Rustford
Perry Sheehan ... Lt. Laurence

Patricia Tiernan ... Lt. Rose Ashland
Adele Longmire ... Lt. Jane Franklin
Jonathan Cott ... Adjutant
Ann Morrison ... Lt. Edith Edwards
Helen Winston ... Lt. Graciano
Sarah Selby ... Capt. Dobbs
Danny Chang ... Korean child
Philip Ahn ... Korean prisoner
Steve Forrest ... Sergeant
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
MASH 66 (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
90 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
West Germany:16 (f) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | USA:Approved (PCA #16175)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Humphrey Bogart accidentally set his left thumb afire with lighter fluid while filming the scene in which his character burns some documents. The accident is visible in the film. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: The aircraft strafing the hospital at the beginning of the movie have USAF markings. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Bacall on Bogart (1988) (TV) more

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13 out of 24 people found the following comment useful:-
With a name like "Battle Circus" How can you go wrong?, 23 July 2000
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Author: forsythe60 from Duncan, B.C.

While certainly NOT Maltese Falcon or To Have and Have Not, Battle Circus surprised me.

The Film has a bad reputation for being on the lesser end of Bogart films, with the chemistry between Allyson and Bogart about as exciting as that of Liver and mashed potatoes... I didn't agree with this once I watched it... Sure, it had cheesy dialogue and the sort, but the relationship between Allyson and Bogie could only be described as "quirky". It was not a dull movie, plenty of great lines (and a surprising amount of alluding to sex...) and a fun atmosphere. The film could have been better, yes, but seeing Allyson and Bogart in a War film together was good enough for me. I won't even go into the storyline; that's unimportant, what is important was I enjoyed it. That's good enough for me.

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