Is Captain Newman, M.D. scary?

Barely. Less frightening than 76% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Captain Newman, M.D. easy watching?

Somewhat. More comforting than 71% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does Captain Newman, M.D. end with hope?

Somewhat. More hopeful than 71% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Captain Newman, M.D. violent?

Not especially. Less violent than 64% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Captain Newman, M.D. sad?

Somewhat. More sad than 61% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Captain Newman, M.D.

Name: Captain Newman, M.D.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Released: 1963
Duration: 126 min
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Gregory Peck, Tony Curtis, Angie Dickinson, Eddie Albert, James Gregory

It speaks to you in the language of love, laughter and tears!...

Directed by David Miller

Produced by Universal Pictures

1963126 min6.7 / 10

A warmly humanistic wartime drama that balances comedy and compassion in depicting a psychiatrist's efforts to heal traumatized soldiers through ingenuity and care.

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.

Clusters

Found Family Stories Grief Support Friendships Historical War Movies Doctors And Nurses

Genres

Comedy Drama War

Keywords

World War Ii Hospital Doctor

Questions people ask

Is Captain Newman, M.D. scary? Barely. Less frightening than 76% of films.
Is Captain Newman, M.D. easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 71% of films.
Does Captain Newman, M.D. end with hope? Somewhat. More hopeful than 71% of films.
Is Captain Newman, M.D. violent? Not especially. Less violent than 64% of films.
Is Captain Newman, M.D. sad? Somewhat. More sad than 61% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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