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Battle Circus 1953 Directed by Richard Brooks

M-G-M's great drama of desire under fire!

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.

Country USA
Production Country USA
Language English
Spoken Language English
Gneres Drama , Romance , War
Production Company Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Budget $1,201,000
Revenue $2,362,000
Release Date 6 March 1953
90 mins
Cast
Humphrey Bogart Major Jed Webbe
June Allyson Lt. Ruth McGara
Keenan Wynn Sgt. Orvil Statt
Robert Keith Le Lieutenant-Colonel Hillary Whalters
William Campbell Le Capitaine John 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
Dick Simmons Capt. Norson
Robert Carson Division Surgeon
Alvy Moore Runnker
Howard Negley Major General
Robert Nichols Pvt. Sommers