Battle Circus

M-G-M's great drama of desire under fire!

Battle Circus — Plot

A young Army nurse, Lt Ruth McGara, newly assigned to the 8666th MASH during the Korean War, attracts the sexual attention of the unit's commander Dr. Jed Webbe. Major Webbe, who has a drinking problem, at first wants a "no strings" relationship. McGara is warned by the other nurses of Webbe's womanizing ways. Despite these initial handicaps, their love flourishes against a background of war, enemy attacks, death and injury. The relationship deepens and uplifts both characters.

• Release date
• March 6, 1953
• Runtime
• 90 min
• Genres
• Drama, Romance, War
• Director
• Richard Brooks

Battle Circus — Cast

Humphrey Bogart Major Jed Webbe June Allyson Lt. Ruth McGara Keenan Wynn Sgt. Orvil Statt Robert Keith Lieutenant Colonel Hillary Whalters William Campbell Capt. John Rustford

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Perry Sheehan Lt. Laurence Patricia Tiernan Lt. Rose Ashland Adele Longmire Lt. Jane Franklin