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The Story of Dr. Wassell (1944) - film review

  Cecil B. DeMille Drama / Action / Adventure / Romance / Warstars 3
Summary
The Story of Dr. Wassell is an American romantic film drama first released in 1944, directed by Cecil B. DeMille.  The film stars Gary Cooper, Laraine Day, Signe Hasso, Dennis O’Keefe and Carol Thurston.  Our overall rating for this film is: good.

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Credits
  • Director: Cecil B. DeMille
  • Script: Charles Bennett, James Hilton, Alan Le May, Commander Corydon M. Wassell
  • Photo: Victor Milner, William E. Snyder
  • Music: Victor Young
  • Cast: Gary Cooper (Dr. Corydon M. Wassell), Laraine Day (Madeleine), Signe Hasso (Bettina), Dennis O’Keefe (Benjamin ’Hoppy’ Hopkins), Carol Thurston (Tremartini (Three Martini)), Carl Esmond (Lt. Dirk Van Daal), Paul Kelly (Murdock), Elliott Reid (William ’Andy’ Anderson), Stanley Ridges (Cmdr. William B. ’Bill’ Goggins), Renny McEvoy (Johnny Leeweather), Oliver Thorndike (Alabam), Philip Ahn (Ping), Barbara Britton (Ruth), Eric Alden (U.S. sailor), Joel Allen (Robert Kraus), Louis V. Arco (Mate of the ’Janssen’), Irving Bacon (Missionary), Griff Barnett (’Janssen’ Passenger), Edith Barrett (Mother of little English boy), Richard Barrett (U.S. Sailor), Joe Bautista (Javanese Orderly), John Benson (U.S. Sailor), Carlyle Blackwell Jr. (American Marine Litter Carrier), Carla Boehm (Evacuee), John Bogden (U.S. Sailor), Louis Borel, Victor Borge (Man), Sven Hugo Borg, Linda Brent (Fashta), George Bronson (U.S. Sailor), Frederic Brunn (Lookout of the ’Janssens’), Edgar Caldwell (U.S. Sailor), Anthony Caruso (’Marblehead’ Sailor on Gangplank), Lane Chandler (Dutch Officer listening to radio), Luke Chan (Chinese Coolie-Boatman), Oie Chan (Chinese Coolie’s Wife), Tony Cirillo (U.S. Sailor), Davison Clark (Dr. Holmes), Russ Clark (Chief Petty Officer--Marblehead), Isabel Cooper (Woman), James Cornell (U.S. Sailor), James Courtney (U.S. Sailor), Catherine Craig (Mrs. Wayne), Mary Currier (English Woman in ’Janssen’ Sick Bay), Gloria Dea (Javanese Nurse), Yvonne De Carlo (Native Girl), Cecil B. DeMille (Voice of Narrator), Marion de Sydow (Evacuee), Forrest Dickson (Javanese Nurse), Joe Dominguez (Javanese Orderly), Ludwig Donath (Dutch Doctor on Train), Ann Doran (Praying Woman), Clint Dorrington (U.S. Sailor), Gretl Dupont, Reynold DuPont (U.S. Sailor), Sarah Edwards (’Janssen’ Passenger), George Eldredge (U.S. Navy Damage Control Officer), Frank Elliott (English Doctor), Roque Espiritu (Javanese Orderly), Julia Faye (Anne, the Nurse), Edward Fielding (Adm. Hart), Maxine Fife (Evacuee), Geraldine Fissette (Javanese Nurse), Sam Flint (Naval Officer), William Forrest, Douglas Fowley (Bit Part), Melvin Francis (Himself), Jody Gilbert (Head Nurse), Roy Gordon (U.S. Navy Commander), Greta Granstedt, Eddie Hall (Bosun’s Mate on the ’Janssen’), Henry Hall (Old Man in Photo), William Hall (PBY seaplane radio operator), Chuck Hamilton, Mildred Harris, Beth Hartman, Louis Jean Heydt (Ensign), Edward Howard (U.S. Sailor), Boyd Irwin, John James (Joe, Mechanic), Si Jenks (Hank, Arkansas Mailman), Hazel Keener (’Janssen’ Passenger), Milton Kibbee (’Janssen’ Passenger), June Kilgour, Mike Killian (Thomas Borghetti), Fred Kohler Jr. (Bosun’s Mate--Evacuation), Henry Kraft (U.S. Sailor), Frank Lackteen (Javanese Conductor), Mike Lally (’Pecos’ Survivor on PBY seaplane), Isabel La Mal (Woman), Ameda Lambert (Evacuee), Doris Lilly, Elmo Lincoln, Richard Loo (Chinese Doctor on Train), Marie Loredo, Morton Lowry (Lt. Bainbridge), Jack Luden (British Convoy Driver), Laurette Luez (Pretty Javanese Girl), George Lynn (Lt. Smith), Edmund MacDonald (Rear Admiral’s Aide), George Macready (Dutch Army Captain), Miles Mander (Man), Lester Matthews (Dr. Ralph Wayne), Eric Mayne (’Janssen’ Passenger), Frank Mayo, Paul McVey (U.S. Navy Commander, Australia), John Meredith, Sybil Merritt (Javanese Girl), Buddy Messinger (U.S. Sailor), James Millican (Robert Elroy Whaley), Moy Ming (Chinese Tea Vendor), Bert Moorhouse (Decoration Ceremony Attendee), Frances Morris (’Janssen’ Passenger), Edmund Mortimer (’Janssen’ Passenger), Gavin Muir (Dutch Military Messenger), Forbes Murray (U.S. Navy Captain--Australia), John Mylong (Joyful ’Janssen’ Passenger), Ottola Nesmith (Missionary’s wife), Georgie Nokes, Jack Norton (’Janssen’ Passenger), Richard Nugent (British Convoy Commander), Phyllis Perry (Woman Evacuee), Stanley Price (Sobbing Man), Rodd Redwing (Javanese Orderly), Gordon Richards, Suzanne Ridgeway (’Janssen’ Passenger), Ronald R. Rondell (’Janssen’ Passenger), Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Himself), Ferdinand Schumann-Heink (Ensign Watch Officer USN), William Severn (Little English boy), Harvey Stephens (Captain in charge of evacuation), Yu Feng Sung (Chinese Priest), Olga Marie Thunis, Ivan Triesault, Philip Van Zandt, Victor Varconi (Captain of the ’Janssen’), Bruce Warren, Minor Watson (Rear Admiral), Doodles Weaver (Harold Hunter), Cecil Weston (’Janssen’ Passenger), Robert Wilber (U.S. Sailor), Frank Wilcox (Captain’s Aide for Evacuation)
  • Country: USA
  • Language: English
  • Runtime: 140 min
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