The Story of Dr. Wassell
04/07/1944
2h 20m



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.
Cast


Gary Cooper
Dr. Corydon M. Wassell


Laraine Day
Madeleine


Signe Hasso
Bettina


Dennis O'Keefe
Benjamin 'Hoppy' Hopkins


Carol Thurston
Tremartini (Three Martini)


Carl Esmond
Lt. Dirk Van Daal


Paul Kelly
Murdock


Elliott Reid
William 'Andy' Anderson


Laurette Luez
Pretty Javanese Girl


Stanley Ridges
Cmdr. William B. 'Bill' Goggins


Renny McEvoy
Johnny Leeweather
Oliver Thorndike
Alabam


Philip Ahn
Ping


Barbara Britton
Ruth


William Severn
Little English Boy (uncredited)


Richard Loo
Chinese Doctor on Train (uncredited)


Douglas Fowley
Bit Part (uncredited)


Ann Doran
Praying Woman (uncredited)


Yvonne De Carlo
Native Girl (uncredited)


Cecil B. DeMille
Voice of Narrator (uncredited)


Irving Bacon
Missionary (uncredited)


Milton Kibbee
'Janssen' Passenger (uncredited)


Gavin Muir
Dutch Military Messenger (uncredited)


Jack Norton
'Janssen' Passenger (uncredited)


Philip Van Zandt
Dutch Gunner (uncredited)


Amzie Strickland
Native Woman (uncredited)


George Macready
Dutch Army Captain (uncredited)
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