The Story of Dr. Wassell

US (1944): Biography/Drama/Romance

C.B. DeMille added his characteristic taste for the spectacular to the true story of an Arkansas doctor (Gary Cooper) who risks his life to evacuate wounded American sailors from Java. First a missionary doctor, then a navy medic, Cooper disregards orders and takes badly wounded men aboard a train and fights his way to one of the last ships to breach the Japanese blockade. The film was DeMille's war benefit, with the real doctor's fee and the profits going to the Naval Relief Fund. Novelist James Hilton, who adapted the story for the screen, also turned the story into a book. Cast also includes Laraine Day, Signe Hasso, Dennis O'Keefe, Hugh Beaumont and Barbara Britton. (Paramount) (amctv.com)

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