Battle Circus (film)

Battle Circus (film)

Infobox Film | name =Battle Circus


caption =Battle Circus VHS cover
director = Richard Brooks
producer = Pandro S. Berman
writer = Richard Brooks
Allen Rivkin
Laura Kerr
starring =Humphrey Bogart
June Allyson
Keenan Wynn
cinematography = John Alton
music = Lennie Hayton
editing =
distributor = MGM
released = March 6, 1953 USA release
runtime = 90 min
language = English
budget =
imdb_id = 0045544

"Battle Circus" is a 1953 film directed by Richard Brooks, who also wrote the screenplay. It stars Humphrey Bogart and June Allyson. and costars Keenan Wynn and Robert Keith.

The film is set in Korea during the Korean War; Bogart plays a surgeon at a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH), and Allyson plays a nurse.

According to Brooks (in an interview filmed for the 1988 "Bacall on Bogart" documentary), the film was originally called "MASH", a title rejected by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer because the studio thought people would think the film had something to do with potatoes. Brooks also noted that Bogart agreed to do the film because the script's humor, set in a story showing the tragedy of war, would make the film seem more realistic to an audience.

The title of the film refers to the speed and ease with which a MASH unit, with its assemblage of tents, can, like a circus, pick up stakes and move to where the action is.

See also

*"M*A*S*H"

References

External links

*imdb title|id=0045544|title=Battle Circus
* [http://www.amctv.com/show/detail?CID=8497 Synopsis] from American Movie Classics
* [http://www.juneallyson.com/1953.htm Film summary] from the official June Allyson website


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