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Title: Catch 22


Date: 1970
Type: Drama
Rating: 4 Stars 4/5
Colour: Yes
Director: Mike Nichols
Producer:

Comment
Alan Arkin is a bombadier who tries to get out of being in the Air Force during World War 2 by trying to show he is insane. During the process he sees his friends killed in the futility and insanity of war. An evokative and thought provoking film version of the Joseph Heller novel.

Actors

Alan ArkinAlan Arkin
Bob Newhart
Anthony PerkinsAnthony Perkins
Martin SheenMartin Sheen
John Voight
Orson Welles
Richard BenjaminRichard Benjamin

Oscars

None
Novel
Joseph Heller
Catch 22