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good back-story, and good acting

A story that's too fascinating to pass by...

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Always loved Gregory Peck, especially in drama movies like ''Spellbound'' and ''To Kill a Mockingbird'', and this is one of his best, although underrated, roles.It's set in an Arizona military base (in 1944) that functions also as a military psychiatrich ward, and he has to deal with various war veterans suffering from post-war traumas. It's not an easy task, but he succeeds in his own way - even being ostracized by his superiors.Here Peck is surrounded by some greats players of those years: Tony Curtis is his comic sidekick, and Angie Dickinson is the nurse who also falls in love with Peck. Eddie Albert, Bobby Darin and a then-unknown Robert Duvall are the most serious patients. Albert is a crazed Air-Force Colonel angry with Newman that then kills himself: Duvall is a catatonic Army Captain that has problems to re-integrate to normal life even with his wife: and Bobby Darin deserves a special mention, because he was even nominated for an Academy Award. Darin stars as a shell-shocked pilot that has his mind shattered because of his war experiences and his cured by a truth-serum.Also James Gregory, Vito Scotti, Dick Sargent and Larry Storch are good in their roles. It's just a great Hollywood movie that I strongly recommend to everyone,

Hot off "To Kill a Mockingbird", Gregory Peck played another really good role in David Miller's "Captain Newman, M.D.". This time he's a psychiatrist on an army base in WWII having to deal with what we now recognize as PTSD, while also dealing with the military bureaucracy. In a way, the movie almost seems like a preview of the war in which the United States was about to mire itself (the Vietnam War). Fine support comes from Tony Curtis as a streetwise corporal and Angie Dickinson as a tolerant lieutenant, along with Eddie Albert, Bobby Darin and Robert Duvall as Peck's damaged patients.Without a doubt this is one that I recommend. Maybe it's not as good as "To Kill a Mockingbird" - a little silly at times - but still a solid look at the world with which the psychiatrist has to put up.Also starring Bethel Leslie, James Gregory, Robert F. Simon, Dick Sargent*, Larry Storch, Jane Withers and Vito Scotti.*Robert F. Simon and Dick Sargent played father and son on "Bewitched". Also, Vito Scotti guest-starred on an episode.

In his long career as an actor Gregory Peck has played many different roles, including a number of memorable military roles. One of my favorites is General Savage in "12 O'Clock High." But he also played the title role in "Captain Horatio Hornblower"--an adaptation of a C.S. Forester novel (a trilogy really) about a Royal Navy captain in the time of the Napoleonic Wars. And he was Commander Dwight Towers, commanding the submarine USS Swordfish in "On The Beach." "The Guns of Navarone" is another milestone in Peck's on-screen military career.In one of his later films he even portrayed General Douglas MacArthur.I have loved all of these films, with the reservation that his accent made him unconvincing in his British roles."Captain Newman, M.D." was an excellent, if light-hearted, novel before it was made into a movie, and I recall reading it and enjoying it. I saw the movie on television one or two times years ago, and found it a good adaptation of the novel. Recently I acquired the movie (on VHS) and enjoyed it immensely. While this is a great vehicle for Gregory Peck, I felt the movie was in many ways stolen by two supporting cast members, Bobby Darin (mentioned several times) and Tony Curtis.I highly recommend it for anyone interested in a good vintage movie with a military theme and a topic that doesn't get that much light treatment--post traumatic stress disorder, or call it combat fatigue.Not every Gregory Peck movie was great, but several were, and this might have been his best. It certainly ranks among his best performances and his best movies.

Gregory Peck is probably best know for playing strong, benevolent types like Atticus Finch, and in many ways, the title role in this film does not take him far from that. What makes this film memorable is not Peck so much as it is his outstanding supporting cast. Bobby Darin, best known as a singer, show acting chops here few thought he possessed. Tony Curtis is strong and fits his role perfectly,Angie Dickinson as a nurse with brains and beauty, and Eddie Albert as you've never seen him. His performance alone merits watching this movie, but enjoy the story and the entire cast in a film that gives those who missed it a glimpse into what Hollywood was putting out in the 60s.