Character Relationship Map: Cry 'Havoc'

Characters

• Pat (played by Ann Sothern) — supporting

  A civilian refugee recruited to help at the field hospital, Pat resents taking orders from women and repeatedly clashes with Smitty over rules and dangerous behavior. She becomes infatuated with Lieut...

• Grace (played by Joan Blondell) — supporting

  A civilian refugee and former burlesque performer, Grace dances for the women to ease the tension of life in the besieged hospital. An enemy attack injures her leg, and the strain of the situation lat...

• Flo Norris (played by Marsha Hunt) — supporting

  An Army nurse at the Bataan field hospital, Flo Norris returns from Mariveles with supplies and nine civilian refugees who are put to work. She later tells Pat that Smitty and Lieutenant Holt were mar...

• Connie (played by Ella Raines) — supporting

  One of the civilian women helping at the Bataan hospital, Connie is among the volunteers who remain with the nurses rather than leave for the relative safety of Corregidor. During a swimming party, a...

• Andra (played by Heather Angel) — supporting

  A civilian refugee working with the women at the Bataan hospital, Andra is Sue West’s sister. When Sue disappears during an air raid, Andra finds her four days later trapped in a shelter with six dead...

• Sue (played by Dorothy Morris) — supporting

  A civilian refugee helping at the Bataan hospital, Sue West disappears during an air raid. Her sister Andra finds her four days later trapped in a shelter with six dead bodies, and Sue is in a state o...

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Sue → Andra (Family Sisters) — Andra is Sue's sister and actively searches for her after the air raid.

  The plot states that Andra finds Sue after Sue disappears during an air raid and has been trapped in a shelter for four days.

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Connie → Pat (Alliance Fellow Volunteers) — Their relationship is defined by membership in the endangered volunteer group.

  Connie is killed during the swimming-party strafing, while Pat remains with the same group through the final evacuation crisis.

• Grace → Connie (Alliance Fellow Volunteers) — They share the collective struggle of the volunteer hospital staff.

  Grace and Connie are both among the women who remain with the hospital group during the worsening artillery attacks.

• Sue → Pat (Alliance Fellow Volunteers) — Their connection comes from their shared service and endurance in Bataan.

  Sue and Pat are part of the civilian women who continue working with the military nurses instead of leaving for Corregidor.

• Andra → Pat (Alliance Fellow Volunteers) — They share the decision to stay with the hospital group under fire.

  Andra and Pat are among the women who remain in Bataan after being told that volunteers may leave for the safety of Corregidor.

• Flo Norris → Connie (Alliance Fellow Volunteers) — They are connected through the civilian volunteer community serving the hospital.

  Flo brings civilian refugees to the hospital, and Connie is later identified as one of the women remaining with the group in Bataan.

• Flo Norris → Grace (Alliance Fellow Volunteers) — Both women belong to the volunteer group that supports the field hospital.

  Flo returns with civilian refugees who are assigned to the hospital, while Grace is among the women who remain and work through the attacks.

• Pat → Flo Norris (Alliance Fellow Volunteers) — Flo and Pat share the civilian refugee group and a revealing conversation about the lieutenant.

  Flo returns with nine civilian refugees who are put to work, and later tells Pat that the head nurse was married to the lieutenant.

• Pat → Grace (Conflicted Teammates) — Their cooperation in the hospital is strained by Grace's confrontation with Pat.

  Grace becomes stressed and throws Pat's relationship with the lieutenant in Smitty's face, intensifying the tension between the women.

Story Analysis

Civilian women and military nurses endure the Battle of Bataan, transforming fear, rivalry, and grief into collective courage.

Plot Progression

1. A Hospital Without Medicine — The women face a collapsing field hospital where malaria and battlefield injuries consume scarce supplies. Civilian refugees arrive and must quickly adapt to military discipline and danger.
2. Fear Inside the Barracks — The volunteers endure hunger, bombardment, and the psychological strain of constant danger. Sue's disappearance and traumatic rescue force the women to confront the cost of war.
3. Loyalty Under Fire — Grace's injury and the jealousy surrounding Pat intensify internal conflict. Despite the danger, the volunteers refuse evacuation and choose to remain with the hospital.
4. Losses Before Evacuation — The artillery worsens and Connie is killed during an air attack. The group learns painful truths about the head nurse's marriage and illness as evacuation begins.
5. Surrender With Dignity — Pat learns of the lieutenant's death and the secret marriage is confirmed by the ring. Under Japanese orders, the women surrender together after sharing the last quinine.