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The Story of Dr. Wassell

The Story of Dr. Wassell1944

★6.4140 minWarAdventureDrama

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.

Director

Cecil B. DeMille

Writer

Alan Le May Corydon M. Wassell Charles Bennett James Hilton

Score

Stars

Gary Cooper Laraine Day Signe Hasso

Cast27

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
O
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)

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