Battle Circus
M-G-M's great drama of desire under fire!
1953 | 90m | English
Popularity: 6 (history)
| Director: | Richard Brooks |
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| Writer: | Allen Rivkin, Laura Kerr, Richard Brooks |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Mar 06, 1953 |
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| Director: | Richard Brooks |
| Writer: | Allen Rivkin, Laura Kerr, Richard Brooks |
| Genres: | War, Drama, Romance |
| Keywords | korean war (1950-53), romance, doctor nurse relationship, field hospital, war surgeon, love in war, u.s. army hospital |
| Production Companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $2,362,000
Budget: $1,201,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 28, 2026 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Humphrey Bogart | Major Jed Webbe |
| June Allyson | Lt. Ruth McGara |
| Keenan Wynn | Sgt. Orvil Statt |
| Robert Keith | Lieutenant Colonel Hillary Whalters |
| William Campbell | Capt. John Rustford |
| Perry Sheehan | Lt. Laurence |
| Patricia Tiernan | Lt. Rose Ashland |
| Adele Longmire | Lt. Jane Franklin |
| Jonathan Cott | Adjutant |
| Ann Morrison | Lt. Edith Edwards |
| Sarah Selby | Capt. Dobbs |
| Dick Simmons | Capt. Norson |
| Robert Carson | Division Surgeon |
| Alvy Moore | Runnker |
| Howard Negley | Major General |
| Robert Nichols | Pvt. Sommers |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Allen Rivkin | Story |
| Laura Kerr | Story |
| George Boemler | Editor |
| Lennie Hayton | Music |
| James Basevi | Art Direction |
| Alfred E. Spencer | Set Decoration |
| John Truwe | Makeup Artist |
| Vera Peterson | Hairstylist |
| Lee Katz | Unit Manager |
| Al Jennings | Assistant Director |
| Richard Brooks | Writer, Director |
| John Alton | Cinematography |
| Cedric Gibbons | Art Direction |
| Edwin B. Willis | Set Decoration |
| William Tuttle | Makeup Artist |
| Douglas Shearer | Recording Supervision |
| A. Arnold Gillespie | Special Effects |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Pandro S. Berman | Producer |
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