The Story of Dr. Wassell
Flaming Action from the Jungles of Java to China and the Seven Seas!
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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Top 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)
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