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Mobile Army Surgical Hospital. That's where two young surgeons, Duke and Hawkeye end up during the Korean War. There is no plot as such, but instead a series of episodes during which they put their stamp on the camp including a football game against a larger unit with thousands riding on it, a trip to Tokyo to operate on a congressman's son and play a little golf, and finding out if the head nurse is a natural blonde.
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| The Cast
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Donald Sutherland ... Hawkeye
Elliott Gould ... Trapper John
Tom Skerritt ... Duke
Sally Kellerman ... Margaret Houlihan
Robert Duvall ... Major Frank Burns
Roger Bowen ... Colonel Henry Blake
Rene Auberjonois ... Dago Red (Father Mulcahy
David Arkin ... Sergeant Major Vollmer
Jo Ann Pflug ... Lieutenant Dish
Gary Burghoff ... Radar O'Reilly
Fred Williamson ... Spearchucker
Michael Murphy ... MeLay
Indus Arthur ... Lieutenant Leslie
Ken Prymus ... Pfc. Seidman
Bobby Troup ... Sergeant Gorman
Kim Atwood ... Ho-Jon
Tim Brown ... Corporal Judson
John Schuck ... Painless Pole
Dawne Damon ... Captain Scorch
Carl Gottlieb ... Ugly John
Tamara H... orrocks ... Captain Knocko
G. Wood General Hammond
Bud Cort ... Private Boone
Danny Goldman ... Captain Murrhardt
Corey Fischer ... Captain Bandini
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| Production Credits
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Directed by Robert Altman
Produced by Leon Ericksen, Ingo Preminger
Written By Ring Lardner Jr
From the novel by Richard Hooker
Cinematography Harold E. Stine
Art Direction Jack Martin Smith
Music Johnny Mandel
Song: "Suicide Is Painless" Music Johnny Mandel
Lyrics Mike Altman
Edited by Danford B. Greene
Medical Advisor Dr. David Sachs
Assistant Director Ray Taylor, Jr. |
What the Critics Said
Bloody funny.A hyper-acute wiretap on mankind's death wish. - Joseph Morgenstern
The laughter is blood-soaked and the comedy cloaks a bitter and terrible truth. - Judith Crist
Awards
Academy Award : Ring Lardner Jnr
Academy Award Nomination : Best Picture, Robert Altman, Sally Kellerman
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