This celebrated satire depicts the crazy antics and the sexual adventures of Hawkeye Pierce (Donald Sutherland), Trapper John McIntyre (Elliott Gould) and Duke Forrest (Tom Skerritt), all surgeons working in a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital during the Korean War. The black humour of the medical team is contrasted with the terrible waste of life that they are exposed to. This was director Robert Altman's first major hit, and bears his characteristic stamp of documentary-like camerawork, loose narrative and quick-fire, realistically delivered dialogue. A long-running, popular television series followed, although the only cast member to make the transition was Gary Burghoff (Radar O'Reilly).
Actor: Robert Duvall
Actor: Fred Williamson
Actor: Rene Auberjonois
Actor: Bud Cort
Actor: Jo Ann Pflug
Actor: Elliott Gould
Cinematographer: Harold E. Stine
Actor: John Schuck
Actor: Gary Burghoff
Actor: Danny Goldman
Actor: Dawne Damon
Actor: David Arkin
Director: Robert Altman
Writer: Ring Lardner Jr
Music: Johnny Mandel
Actor: Sally Kellerman
Actor: G. Wood
Producer: Ingo Preminger
Actor: Donald Sutherland
Actor: Tom Skerritt
Actor: Roger Bowen