"Cry 'Havoc (1943) is a World War II drama and a rare all-female film. Sullavan played the strong mother figure who keeps a crew of nurses in line in a dugout in Bataan, while they are awaiting the advance of Japanese soldiers who are about to take over. It was the last film Sullavan made with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. After its completion, she was free of all film commitments. She had often referred to MGM and Universal as "jails". When her husband, Leland Hayward, tried to read her the good reviews of "Cry 'Havoc, she responded with usual bluntness: ""You" read them, use them for toilet paper. I had enough hell with that damned picture while making it – I don't want to "read" about it "now!""