Battle Circus

Battle Circus

6.0IMDb Score
Released:1953-03-06
Duration:90 min
Director:Richard Brooks
Actors:Humphrey Bogart, June Allyson, Keenan Wynn, Robert Keith, William Campbell
Production:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Overview:

A young Army nurse, Lt Ruth McGara, newly assigned to the 8666th MASH during the Korean War, attracts the sexual attention of the unit's commander Dr. Jed Webbe. Major 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.

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