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6 March 1953 (USA) moreTagline:
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 synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Battle Fatigue more (15 total)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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90 minCountry:
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)Filming Locations:
Fort Pickett, Blackstone, Virginia, USAFun Stuff
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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. moreGoofs:
Revealing mistakes: The aircraft strafing the hospital at the beginning of the movie have USAF markings. moreFAQ
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Maybe if MGM had realized that a generation later, a comedy classic would be launched about a MASH unit in Korea, they might have opted for a more lighthearted treatment of the subject here.
One of the other reviewers is of the opinion that Humphrey Bogart is acting like a sexist pig in this film. He certainly is, probably just as much a one as Hawkeye Pierce. The problem here is June Allyson who just ain't no Hotlips Hoolihan. She's terribly miscast here, what was needed was someone who could have fielded Bogey's passes with a smart wisecrack in the right place. Gee, Lauren Bacall would have been good casting here.
The supporting cast is pretty good though with Robert Keith as the commander of the MASH unit and Keenan Wynn as the top sergeant in the place. MASH the television series always turned deadly serious in the operating room and the same here. Nice action sequences as well.
Philip Ahn has a small bit as a frightened North Korean prisoner who gets a hold of a live grenade in the operating room. Interesting because it's one of the few times that very capable oriental actor actually played a Korean which was his ancestry.
Humphrey Bogart just doesn't gel with June Allyson though. She would rather have had Van Johnson and of course Bogey would have had Betty if he had his druthers. So would have I.