A WWII military pilot makes a valiant effort to be certified insane in order to be excused from flying missions. But there's a catch.
Writing
Buck Henry's script weaponizes logic against itself.
Direction
Nichols orchestrates chaos with surgical precision.
Acting
Arkin's exhausted eyes carry the whole damn war.
Director
Mike Nichols
Alan Arkin
Capt. John Yossarian
Martin Balsam
Col. Cathcart
Richard Benjamin
Maj. Danby
Art Garfunkel
Capt. Nately
Jack Gilford
Dr. "Doc" Daneeka
Buck Henry
Lt. Col. Korn
Bob Newhart
Maj. Major Major
Anthony Perkins
Chaplain Capt. A.T. Tappman
Paula Prentiss
Nurse Duckett
Martin Sheen
1st Lt. Dobbs
Jon Voight
1st Lt. Milo Minderbinder
Orson Welles
Brigadier General Dreedle
Bob Balaban
Capt. Orr
Susanne Benton
Dreedle's WAC
Norman Fell
First Sgt. Towser
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Heller's novel invented the term 'Catch-22'—now in dictionaries worldwide as any no-win scenario.
The film's disastrous production on an Italian airbase included a real B-25 crash and crew member deaths, haunting the already dark material.
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