and catatonic patients, facing an especial challenge from the traumatized Corporal Jim Tompkins, an Eighth Air Force air gunner whose mind has been shattered by his war experiences. Newman is bedeviled by Colfax AAF's "old-school" base commander, Colonel Pyser, who ultimately saddles him with a complement of injured Italian POWs because his is the only secure ward in the hospital. In addition, a flock of constantly straying sheep (kept for the medical lab) that find their way to the airfield and a set of feuding orderlies keeps life interesting right up to Christmas 1944. Cast Gregory Peck as Capt. Josiah J. Newman, M.D., MC, USAR Tony Curtis as Cpl. Jackson 'Jake' Leibowitz, USAAF, de facto boss of the orderlies Angie Dickinson as 1st Lt. Francie Corum, NC, USAR Eddie Albert as Col. Norval Algate Bliss, USAAF Bobby Darin as Cpl. Jim Tompkins, USAAF Robert Duvall as Capt. Paul Cabots Winston Bethel Leslie as Mrs Helene Winston James Gregory as Col. Edgar Pyser, USAAF Dick Sargent as Lt. Belden 'Barney' Alderson Larry Storch as Cpl. Gavoni Jane Withers as 1st Lt. Grace Blodgett Vito Scotti as Maj. Alfredo Fortuno, Italian POW Senior Officer Gregory Walcott as Capt. Howard Robert F. Simon as Col. M. B. Larrabee Paul Carr as Arthur Werbel Charlie Briggs as Gorkow Barry Atwater as Major Dawes Awards and nominations The film was nominated for three Academy Awards. Best Supporting Actor (nomination) – Bobby Darin Best Sound – Waldon O. Watson Writing (Screenplay – based on material from another medium) — Richard L. Breen, Henry Ephron, Phoebe Ephron 1972 TV pilot An attempt was made to turn the film into a TV sitcom by Thomas-Crenna Productions, the company of Danny Thomas and Richard Crenna. A pilot was shot in 1972, written by Frank Tarloff. It aired on 19 August 1972. The Los Angeles Times said "it was easy to see why it was never sold." Cast Jim Hutton as Captain Newman Joan Van Ark as Lt Francie Corwin Bill Fiore as Captain Norval Bliss See also List of American films of 1963 References External links 1963 films 1960s war comedy-drama films American war comedy-drama films Films about psychoanalysis Films directed by David Miller Films set in Yuma, Arizona Films shot in Arizona Military humor in film Universal Pictures films American World War II films Films scored by Frank Skinner 1960s English-language films 1960s American films