Battle Circus (1953)
- Directed by
- Richard Brooks
- Genre
- war film, romance film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.0 of 10 from 18 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A surgeon and a nurse fall in love while working together at a mobile army hospital during the Korean War. Their relationship develops amid the constant pressure of treating wounded soldiers and dealing with enemy attacks.
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What happens
Battle Circus is a 1953 American war film directed by Richard Brooks, who also co-wrote the screenplay with married writing duo Laura Kerr and Allen Rivkin. The movie stars Humphrey Bogart and June Allyson, and costars Keenan Wynn and Robert Keith. The film is set in South Korea during the Korean War. Bogart (in his only film for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) plays Major Jed Webbe, a surgeon and commander of Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH) 8666 (shortened to "66" in the dialogue), with Allyson playing Lieutenant Ruth McCara, a newly arrived nurse. Despite initial obstacles, their love flourishes against a background of war, enemy attacks, death and injury. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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