Cry Havoc

During WW II there were any number of all-male pictures, but this is one of the rare all-female pictures ever made. There are a couple of brief appearances by men, but it's the women who have all the lines. Nine nurses are gathered from the Manila evacuation and put to work at a field hospital. As it is with many stage dramas (and make no mistake, this was originally a play, and it shows in almost every frame), the characters are from different backgrounds. Joan Blondell is a former burlesque queen who gave up the G-string in favor of the stethoscope, Ann Sothern was a waitress, etc. They wind up together in a bomb shelter on Bataan, discussing life, men and war wh...