In 1944, Capt. Josiah J. Newman is the doctor in charge of Ward 7, the neuropsychiatric ward, at an Army Air Corps hospital in Arizona. The hospital is under-resourced and Newman scrounges what he needs with the help of his inventive staff, especially Cpl. Jake Leibowitz. The military in general is only just coming to accept psychiatric disorders as legitimate and Newman generally has 6 weeks to cure them or send them on to another facility. There are many patients in the ward and his latest include Colonel Norville Bliss who has dissociated from his past; Capt. Paul Winston who is nearly catatonic after spending 13 months hiding in a cellar behind enemy lines; and 20 year-old Cpl. Jim Tompkins who is severely traumatized after his aircraft was shot down. Others come and go, including Italian prisoners of war, but Newman and team all realize that their success means the men will return to their units.
as Capt. Josiah "Joe" Newman, MD
as Cpl. Jackson "Jake" Leibowitz
as Lt. Francie Corum
as Col. Norval Algate Bliss
as Col. Edgar Pyser
as Mrs. Helene Winston
as Capt. Paul Cabot Winston
as Lt. Grace Blodgett
as Lt. Belden 'Barney' Alderson
as Cpl. Gavoni
as Lt. Col. M.B. Larrabee
as Sgt. Kopp
as Arthur Werbel
as Maj. Alfredo Fortuno
as Maj. Gen. Snowden
as Capt. Howard
as Gorkow
as Cpl. Jim Tomkins
as Nurse
as Italian Prisoner
as Maj. Dawes (uncredited)
as Carrozzo - Patient (uncredited)
as Patient at Mental Ward (uncredited)
as Catholic Chaplain (uncredited)
as Guest at Christmas Party (uncredited)
as Patient (uncredited)
as Mrs. Pyser (uncredited)
as Patient (uncredited)
as Pilot (uncredited)
as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
as Patient (uncredited)
as Haskell - Patient (uncredited)
as Nurse's Aide (uncredited)
as Officer at Christmas Party (uncredited)
