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Story of Dr. Wassell (1944)

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The genesis of The Story of Dr. Wassell is said to have been a story told by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt to director Cecil B. DeMille. Gary Cooper stars as Corydon M. Wassell, a real-life country doctor from Arkansas who worked as a medical missionary in China in the years prior to WWII. When America enters the war, Dr. Wassell joins the Navy and is shipped to Java. As the Japanese overtake the island, Wassell is placed in charge of the wounded evacuated marines. Ordered to leave the

Unrated, 2 hr. 20 min.

Drama, Action & Adventure

Directed By: Cecil B. DeMille

On DVD: May 14, 1996

Cast

Gary Cooper
Dr. Corydon M. Wassell
Laraine Day
Madeline
Signe Hasso
Bettina
Dennis O'Keefe
Hopkins (Hoppy)
Carol Thurston
Tremartini
Carl Esmond
Lt. Dirk Van Daal
Paul Kelly
Murdock
Elliott Reid
Anderson (Andy)
Stanley Ridges
Cmdr. William B. Goggin...
Renny McEvoy
Joe Leinwerber
Oliver Thorndike
Alabam
Barbara Britton
Ruth
Philip Ahn
Ping
Eric Alden
Joel Allen
Robert Kraus
Irving Bacon
Missionary
Griff Barnett
Bit part
Edith Barrett
Mother of Little Englis...
Joe Bautista
Javanese Orderly
Hugh Beaumont
Bit part
John Benson
Sven Hugo Borg
Dutch Guard
Anthony Caruso
Male Nurse
Luke Chan
Chinese Coolie-Boatman
Lane Chandler
Bit part
Davison Clark
Dr. Holmes
Catherine Craig
Mrs. Wayne
Mary Currier
English Woman
Yvonne De Carlo
Native Girl
Joe Dominguez
Ludwig Donath
Dr. Vranken
Ann Doran
Praying Woman
Edward Earle
Sarah Edwards
Passenger
George Eldredge
Damage Control Officer
Frank Elliott
English Doctor
Roque Espiritu
Julia Faye
Anne
Edward Fielding
Adm. Hart
Sam Flint
Melvin Francis
Himself
Jo Gilbert
Head Nurse
Gus Glassmire
Captain
Roy Gordon
Commander
Louis Jean Heydt
Ensign
Si Jenks
Arkansas Mail Carrier
Hazel Keener
Milt Kibbee
Fred Kohler Jr.
Bosun's Mate--Evacuatio...
Frank Lackteen
Bit part
Ameda Lambert
Elmo Lincoln
Richard Loo
Dr. Wei
Morton Lowry
Lt. Bainbridge
Jack Luden
Capt. Carruther's Drive...
Edmund MacDonald
Rear Admiral's Aide
George Macready
Dutch Officer
Miles Mander
Bit part
Lester Matthews
Dr. Ralph Wayne
Sybil Merritt
Javanese Girl
Buddy Messinger
James Millican
Whaley
Moy Ming
Chinese Tea Vendor
Frances Morris
Passenger-Janssen
Forbes Murray
Captain
John Mylong
Joyful Passenger
Ottola Nesmith
Temple Guide's Wife
Jack Norton
Man Passenger--Companio...
Richard Nugent
Capt. Carruthers
Frank Puglia
Javanese Temple Guide
Rodd Redwing
Ferdinand Schumann-Heink
Ensign Watch Officer
William Severn
Little English Boy
Harvey Stephens
Captain in Charge of Ev...
Charles Trowbridge
Victor Varconi
Capt. Ryk
Minor Watson
Rear Admiral Australian
Doodles Weaver
Hunter
Cecil Weston
Frank Wilcox
Captain's Aide for Evac...
Carlyle Blackwell
American Marine
Douglas Fowley
Bit part
Stanley Price
Sobbing Man
James Courtney
James Cornell
Maxine Fife
Mike Kilian
Boranetti
Michael Lally
Civilian
Allan Ray
Officer
Carla Boehm
John Bogden
Edgar Caldwell
Oie Chan
Chinese Coolie's Wife
Isabel Cooper
Gloria Dea
Clint Dorrington
Isabelle La Mal
Bits
Robert Wilbur
U.S. Sailor
Russ Clark
Chief Petty Officer-Mar...
Ronnie Rondell
Passenger
Richard Barrett

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SINCERE, WELL MEANING WW2 FILM WITH A VERY GOOD PERFORMANCE BY GARY COOPER. NICE STORY, VERY MUCH PROPOGANDA BUT VERY INTERESTING. A BIT TOO DRAMATIC AT TIMES BUT A FINE FILM.

June 24, 2005

James Higgins

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