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Captain Newman, M.D.

1963, Movie, NR, 126 mins

Captain Newman, M.D.: Review

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Peck is awesomely wooden in the title role of a 1944 Air Force psychiatrist. The action takes place during the waning months of WW II and consists of three integrated stories of Peck's patients, as well as the obligatory romance with a nurse (Dickinson). Peck is simultaneously treating Darin, a much-decorated noncommissioned officer who feels that he is a coward for having deserted a pal in a spiraling aircraft; Albert, the colonel who can't stop torturing himself for sending so many men to their deaths on various missions; and Duvall, a man obsessed by guilt about a year of the war spent hidden in a basement in Nazi territory. Tony Curtis provides the comic relief of the film and does well in an Ensign Pulver-like role. The strongest acting comes from Darin, and Universal put its weight behind getting him an Oscar for his role. He managed a nomination but lost to Melvyn Douglas for HUD, the screenplay and sound also were nominated. CAPTAIN NEWMAN, M.D. seemed never quite sure of what it was intended to be. Funny in spots, mainly thanks to Curtis, and powerful (Darin, Albert) in others, it eventually attempted to serve too many masters and wound up saccharine sweet with an irrelevant Christmas party. Twenty minutes could have been cut from the film, and Miller's directing at a brisker pace might have helped. The primary mistake was in its conception, a comedy-drama with no consistent point of view. leave a comment
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