Susanne Benton as Dreedle's WAC Marcel Dalio as Old Man in Whorehouse Norman Fell as First Sgt. Towser (Major Major's Desk Clerk, later Acting Squadron Commander) Art Garfunkel (billed Arthur Garfunkel) as Lt. Edward J. Nately III (Pilot) Jack Gilford as Dr. "Doc" Daneeka (Group Flight Surgeon) Charles Grodin as Captain "Aarfy" Aardvark (Navigator) Buck Henry as Lt. Colonel Korn (Group XO / Roman policeman) Bob Newhart as Captain/Major Major (Laundry Officer, later Squadron Commander) Austin Pendleton as Lt. Col. Moodus Anthony Perkins as Capt. Fr. Albert Taylor "A. T." Tappman (Chaplain) Paula Prentiss as Nurse Duckett (Army Medical Nurse Corps) Martin Sheen as 1st Lt. Dobbs (Pilot) Jon Voight as 1st Lt. Milo Minderbinder (Mess Officer) Orson Welles as Brigadier General Dreedle (Wing Commander) Production Adaptation The adaptation changed the book's plot. Several story arcs are left out, and many characters in the movie speak dialogue and experience events of other characters in the book. Despite the changes in the screenplay, Heller approved of the film, according to a commentary by Nichols and Steven Soderbergh included on a DVD release. According to Nichols, Heller was particularly impressed with a few scenes and bits of dialogue Henry created for the film, and said he wished he could have included them in the novel. The pacing of the novel Catch-22 is frenetic, its tenor intellectual, and its tone largely absurdist, interspersed with brief moments of gritty, almost horrific, realism. The novel did not follow a normal chronological progression; rather, it was told as a series of different and often (seemingly, until later) unrelated events, most from the point of view of the central character Yossarian. The film simplified the plot. Aircraft Paramount assigned a $17 million budget to the production and planned to film key flying scenes for six weeks, but the aerial sequences required six months of camera work, resulting in the bombers flying about 1,500 hours. They appear on screen for approximately 10 minutes. Catch-22 is renowned for its role in saving the B-25 Mitchell aircraft from possible extinction. The film's budget accommodated 17 flyable B-25 Mitchells, and one hulk was acquired in Mexico, and flown with landing gear down to the Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico filming location. The aircraft was burned and destroyed in the crash landing scene. The wreck was then buried in the ground by the runway, where it remains. For the film, prop upper turrets were