Captain Newman, M.D. is a 1963 film starring Gregory Peck, Tony Curtis, Angie Dickinson, Robert Duvall, Eddie Albert and Bobby Darin. It was directed by David Miller and filmed on location at Fort Huachuca, Arizona.
The movie is based on the 1963 novel by Leo Rosten. It was loosely based on the experiences of Rosten's close friend Ralph Greenson M.D. Greenson was a medical officer (captain) stationed at Yuma, Arizona. Greenson is well known for h...
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Captain Newman, M.D. is a 1963 film starring Gregory Peck, Tony Curtis, Angie Dickinson, Robert Duvall, Eddie Albert and Bobby Darin. It was directed by David Miller and filmed on location at Fort Huachuca, Arizona.
The movie is based on the 1963 novel by Leo Rosten. It was loosely based on the experiences of Rosten's close friend Ralph Greenson M.D. Greenson was a medical officer (captain) stationed at Yuma, Arizona. Greenson is well known for his work on "empathy" and was one of the first in his field to seriously associate Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome (war neurosis) with battle experiences. He was a director of the Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Institute and was a practicing Freudian. Greenson is perhaps best known as Marilyn Monroe's analyst, in addition to that of Frank Sinatra, Tony Curtis and Vivian Leigh.
Captain Josiah Newman runs the neuro-psychiatric ward of an Arizona desert hospital during World War II. He often uses unconventional means and people to match, including his...
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