In 1944, Capt. Josiah J. Newman is the doctor in charge of Ward 7, the neuropsychiatric ward, at an Army Air Corps hospital in Arizona. The hospital is under-resourced and Newman scrounges what he needs with the help of his inventive staff, especially Cpl. Jake Leibowitz. The military in general is only just coming to accept psychiatric disorders as legitimate and Newman generally has 6 weeks to cure them or send them on to another facility. There are many patients in the ward and his latest include Colonel Norville Bliss who has dissociated from his past; Capt. Paul Winston who is nearly catatonic after spending 13 months hiding in a cellar behind enemy lines; and 20 year-old Cpl. Jim Tompkins who is severely traumatized after his aircraft was shot down. Others come and go, including Italian prisoners of war, but Newman and team all realize that their success means the men will return to their units.
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Writing | Leo Rosten | Novel |
Sound | Frank Skinner | Original Music Composer |
Directing | David Miller | Director |
Writing | Henry Ephron | Screenplay |
Writing | Richard L. Breen | Screenplay |
Editing | Alma Macrorie | Editor |
Writing | Phoebe Ephron | Screenplay |
Production | Robert Arthur | Producer |
Sound | Russell Garcia | Original Music Composer |
Crew | Johnny Hagner | Stunts |
Costume & Make-Up | Frank McCoy | Makeup Artist |
Crew | Walter Hammond | Special Effects |
Sound | Joseph Gershenson | Music Supervisor |
Costume & Make-Up | Emma M. diVittorio | Hairstylist |
Visual Effects | Albert Whitlock | Matte Painter |
Crew | Robert "Buzz" Henry | Stunts |
Production | Joseph C. Behm | Unit Production Manager |
Costume & Make-Up | Larry Germain | Hairstylist |
Directing | Robert D. Webb | Second Unit Director |
Directing | Terry Morse Jr. | Second Assistant Director |
Directing | Phil Bowles | Assistant Director |
Directing | William S. Gilmore | Assistant Director |
Costume & Make-Up | Jean Abbott | Makeup Artist |
Costume & Make-Up | Frank Prehoda | Makeup Artist |
Sound | Paul Salamunovich | Conductor |
Art | Howard Bristol | Set Decoration |
Sound | Waldon O. Watson | Sound |
Sound | William Russell | Sound |
Crew | Russell Garcia | Additional Music |
Production | Gregory Peck | Producer |
Art | Alexander Golitzen | Art Direction |
Costume & Make-Up | Rosemary Odell | Costume Design |
Art | Alfred Sweeney | Art Direction |
Production | Tony Curtis | Executive Producer |
Sound | John Oliver | Sound Assistant |
Costume & Make-Up | Bud Westmore | Makeup Designer |
Camera | Russell Metty | Director of Photography |
Camera | Eddie Pyle | Camera Operator |
Sound | John Erlinger | Sound Assistant |
Camera | Kenneth Smith | Grip |
Camera | Charles Cowie | Grip |
Camera | Rollie Lane | Still Photographer |
Sound | Henry Janssen | Sound Assistant |