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    June Allyson

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    Lt. Ruth McGara

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    Battle Circus 1953 POSTER

    Battle Circus

    1953

    English

    5.9

    2

    26%

    26%

    Action

    doctor nurse relationship

    Drama

    field hospital

    korean war

    korean war (1950-53)

    romance

    Romance

    War

    war surgeon

    Richard Brooks Richard Brooks Director William Campbell William Campbell as Capt. John 'Rusty' Rustford Philip Ahn Philip Ahn as Korean Prisoner June Allyson June Allyson as Lt. Ruth McGara Keenan Wynn Keenan Wynn as Sgt. Orvil Statt
    A young Army nurse, Lt Ruth McGara, newly assigned to the 8666th MASH during the Korean War, attracts the sexual attention of the unit's commander Dr. Jed Webbe. Major Webbe, who has a drinking problem, at first wants a "no strings" relationship. McGara is warned by the other nurses of Webbe's womanizing ways. Despite these initial handicaps, their love flourishes against a background of war, enemy attacks, death and injury. The relationship deepens and uplifts both characters.
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