The Story of Dr. Wassell

The Story of Dr. Wassell (1944)

Flaming Action from the Jungles of Java to China and the Seven Seas!

  • Genre: War, Adventure, Drama, Action, Romance
  • Release Date: 1944-07-04
  • User Rating: 6.3/10 from 20 ratings
  • Runtime: 2h 20min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Paramount Pictures
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Cecil B. DeMille
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Summary

As the Japanese sweep through the East Indies during World War II, Dr. Wassell is determined to escape from Java with some crewmen of the cruiser Marblehead. Based on a true story of how Dr. Wassell saved a dozen or so wounded sailors who were left behind when able bodied men were evacuated to Australia.

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  • Gary Cooper

    as Dr. Corydon M. Wassell

  • Laraine Day

    as Madeleine

  • Signe Hasso

    as Bettina

  • Dennis O'Keefe

    as Benjamin 'Hoppy' Hopkins

  • Carol Thurston

    as Tremartini (Three Martini)

  • Carl Esmond

    as Lt. Dirk Van Daal

  • Paul Kelly

    as Murdock

  • Elliott Reid

    as William 'Andy' Anderson

  • Laurette Luez

    as Pretty Javanese Girl

  • Stanley Ridges

    as Cmdr. William B. 'Bill' Goggins

  • Renny McEvoy

    as Johnny Leeweather

  • Oliver Thorndike

    as Alabam

  • Philip Ahn

    as Ping

  • Barbara Britton

    as Ruth

  • William Severn

    as Little English Boy (uncredited)

  • Richard Loo

    as Chinese Doctor on Train (uncredited)

  • Douglas Fowley

    as Bit Part (uncredited)

  • Ann Doran

    as Praying Woman (uncredited)

  • Yvonne De Carlo

    as Native Girl (uncredited)

  • Cecil B. DeMille

    as Voice of Narrator (uncredited)

  • Irving Bacon

    as Missionary (uncredited)

  • Milton Kibbee

    as 'Janssen' Passenger (uncredited)

  • Gavin Muir

    as Dutch Military Messenger (uncredited)

  • Jack Norton

    as 'Janssen' Passenger (uncredited)

  • Philip Van Zandt

    as Dutch Gunner (uncredited)

  • Amzie Strickland

    as Native Woman (uncredited)

  • George Macready

    as Dutch Army Captain (uncredited)
Directing Cecil B. DeMille Director
Camera William E. Snyder Director of Photography
Writing Alan Le May Screenplay
Writing Charles Bennett Screenplay
Writing Corydon M. Wassell Story
Writing James Hilton Story
Production Cecil B. DeMille Producer
Production Buddy G. DeSylva Executive Producer
Production Sidney Biddell Associate Producer
Sound Victor Young Original Music Composer
Camera Victor Milner Director of Photography
Editing Anne Bauchens Editor
Art Roland Anderson Art Direction
Art Hans Dreier Art Direction
Art George Sawley Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up Natalie Visart Costume Design
Camera Glen E. Richardson Still Photographer
Crew George Dutton Special Sound Effects

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