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Catch-22 ***

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on BBC Two England

War satire based on Joseph Heller 's bestseller. 1944, an American Air Force base in the Mediterranean. Surrounded by encroaching madness and constant death, Yossarian asks to be certified as mentally unfit to fly. Only then does he learn about Catch-22. Widescreen. Review page 51.
Director Mike Nichols (1970. 15)

Contributors

Unknown:
Joseph Heller
Director:
Mike Nichols
Captain Yossarian:
Alan Arkin
Colonel Cathcart:
Martin Balsam
MajorDanby:
Richard Benjamin
Milo Minderbinder:
Jon Voight
Lieutenant Dobbs:
Martin Sheen
General Dreedle:
Orson Welles
Captain Nately:
Art Garfunkel
Doc Daneeka:
Jack Gilford
Major Major:
Bob Newhart
Chaplain Tappman:
Anthony Peikins
Nurse Duckett:
Paula Prentiss
Lt Col Kom:
Buck Henry
Source: Radio Times

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