Based on the novel by Leo Rosten about three army guys visit stiff shrink Captain Newman, during the final months of WWII in VA ward for the mentally disturbed . At the ward there are various psycotic soldiers and Newman generally has six weeks to cure them or send them on to another facility . Here Gregory Peck at his noble best as a kind army psychiatric and head of the psychiatric ward at Colfax Air Force Base in Arizona, and sympathetic Tony Curtis as the amiable Corporal helper . It speaks to you in the language of love, laughter and tears !...The picture that swings from hilarity to heart-break and back again...heading the most amazing and remarkable galaxy of characters ever assembled...bringing to glowing life the vivid best-selling novel.
An interesting and touching film that swings from hilarity to heart-break and back again , as a magnificent ensemble cast nearly maintains the balance . Much guilt and agonizing with comic relief courtesy of Tony Curtis. Gregory Peck is sub-par compared to other own great performances , the direction flounders and there's some unsettling about quicksilver shifts from parody to pathos . Trio of protagonists : Gregory Peck , Tony Curtis and Angie Dickinson are pretty good . They're well accompanied by a top-notch support cast , such as : Eddie Albert as Col. Bliss , James Gregory as Col. Edgar Pyser , Bethel Leslie as Mrs. Winston , the incombustible Robert Duvall as Capt. Winston , the recently deceased Jane Withers as Lt. Grace , Dick Sargent pre-bewitched as Lt. Belden , Larry Storch as Cpl. Gavoni , Robert F. Simon as Lt. Colonel , Gregory Walcott as Capt. Howard and Vito Scotti as Major Fortuno . Nonetheless standing out the fine acting from James Gregory as stiff-upper-lip but likeable Colonel and the movie's most gripping interpretation comes from Bobby Darin as guit-ridden hero.
It includes colorful and brilliant cinematography in Technicolor by Universal's notorious cameraman Russell Metty . Equally , a moving and evocative musical score by Frank Skinner . This overlong motion picture produced by Robert Arthur and Gregory Peck himself was professionally directed by David Miller , though it results extremely claustrophobic and stagy , mostly developed at the hospital ward . Filmmaker David Miller was a good professional , a fine craftsman who made a few and decent films , and some of them were successful enough . He directed all kinds of genres , such as : ¨Bittersweet Love¨ , ¨Executive action¨ , ¨Heroes¨ , ¨Hammerhead¨ , ¨Captain Newman¨ , ¨Back Street¨, ¨Midnight lace¨ , ¨Happy anniversary¨ , ¨Billy the Kid¨ , ¨The story of Esther Costello¨ . Being his two greatest hits : ¨Executive action¨ and ¨Lonely are the brave¨ . Rating : 6/10 . Better than average . Worthwhile seeing . Essential and indispensable watching for Tony Curtis and Gregory Peck fans .
An interesting and touching film that swings from hilarity to heart-break and back again , as a magnificent ensemble cast nearly maintains the balance . Much guilt and agonizing with comic relief courtesy of Tony Curtis. Gregory Peck is sub-par compared to other own great performances , the direction flounders and there's some unsettling about quicksilver shifts from parody to pathos . Trio of protagonists : Gregory Peck , Tony Curtis and Angie Dickinson are pretty good . They're well accompanied by a top-notch support cast , such as : Eddie Albert as Col. Bliss , James Gregory as Col. Edgar Pyser , Bethel Leslie as Mrs. Winston , the incombustible Robert Duvall as Capt. Winston , the recently deceased Jane Withers as Lt. Grace , Dick Sargent pre-bewitched as Lt. Belden , Larry Storch as Cpl. Gavoni , Robert F. Simon as Lt. Colonel , Gregory Walcott as Capt. Howard and Vito Scotti as Major Fortuno . Nonetheless standing out the fine acting from James Gregory as stiff-upper-lip but likeable Colonel and the movie's most gripping interpretation comes from Bobby Darin as guit-ridden hero.
It includes colorful and brilliant cinematography in Technicolor by Universal's notorious cameraman Russell Metty . Equally , a moving and evocative musical score by Frank Skinner . This overlong motion picture produced by Robert Arthur and Gregory Peck himself was professionally directed by David Miller , though it results extremely claustrophobic and stagy , mostly developed at the hospital ward . Filmmaker David Miller was a good professional , a fine craftsman who made a few and decent films , and some of them were successful enough . He directed all kinds of genres , such as : ¨Bittersweet Love¨ , ¨Executive action¨ , ¨Heroes¨ , ¨Hammerhead¨ , ¨Captain Newman¨ , ¨Back Street¨, ¨Midnight lace¨ , ¨Happy anniversary¨ , ¨Billy the Kid¨ , ¨The story of Esther Costello¨ . Being his two greatest hits : ¨Executive action¨ and ¨Lonely are the brave¨ . Rating : 6/10 . Better than average . Worthwhile seeing . Essential and indispensable watching for Tony Curtis and Gregory Peck fans .