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The Story of Dr. Wassell is a 1944 American World War II film set in the Dutch East Indies, directed by Cecil B. DeMille, and starring Gary Cooper, Laraine Day, Signe Hasso and Dennis O'Keefe. The film was based on a book of the same name by novelist and screenwriter James Hilton.
With Gary Cooper, Laraine Day, Signe Hasso, Dennis O'Keefe. When the U.S. forces withdraw from Java, ahead of the Japanese invasion, U.S. Navy doctor Corydon M. Wassell coordinates the remaining wounded servicemen and leads them to safety towards the last Allied evacuation points.
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- Action, Adventure, Drama
- Cecil B. DeMille
- 1944-07-04
The Story of Dr. Wassell ★★ ½ 1944. Courageous true story of Corydon M. Wassell (Cooper), who won the Navy Cross for humanitarianism in WWII. Stationed in Java when the Japanese overrun the island, Wassell's placed in charge of evacuating the wounded.
At a Dutch WWII jungle hospital in Java under Japanese attack, Philip Ahn tells fellow patients under the care of the title character (Gary Cooper) about his adventures as a medical researcher and missionary, lured into service by a photo of a volunteer nurse (Laraine Day) he meets at the dock, in C.B. DeMille’s The Story Of Dr. Wassell, 1944.
- Cecil B. Demille
- Gary Cooper
Based on a true story of how Dr. Wassell saved a dozen or so injured sailors who were left behind when able bodied men were evacuated to Australia. Starring the great and always sympathetic Gary Cooper, along with Laraine Day, Signe Hasso and Dennis O'Keefe.
Sep 24, 2019 · This film presents a dramatization of the wartime heroics of naval doctor Corydon M. Wassell, who is stationed in the East Indies during a Japanese attack on the USS Marblehead. After the less seriously wounded soldiers are evacuated to Australia, Wassell stays in Java to save those le ft behind.
This film presents a dramatization of the wartime heroics of naval doctor Corydon M. Wassell (Gary Cooper), who is stationed in the East Indies during a Japanese attack on the USS Marblehead.
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