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The Purple Plain (1954) 6.6
After losing his bride in a Luftwaffe air raid, bomber pilot Forrester becomes a solitary killing machine, who doesn't care whether he dies. The reckless Canadian pilot is both admired and ... See full summary » Director:Robert Parrish |
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Squadron Leader Bill Forrester
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Anna
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Brenda de Banzie | ... |
Miss McNab
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Carrington
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Group Captain Aldridge
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Mrs. Bill Forrester
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Mr. Phang
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After losing his bride in a Luftwaffe air raid, bomber pilot Forrester becomes a solitary killing machine, who doesn't care whether he dies. The reckless Canadian pilot is both admired and feared by the rest of his squadron in World War II Burma. The squadron physician is assigned to determine the embittered Bill Forrester's fitness for duty. To break through the nightmare-haunted man's wall of silence, the physician drives Forrester to visit an outpost of English-speaking refugees, which includes an alluring young Burmese woman. Written by David Stevens
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ADVENTURE! ...With the sky as its canopy and Burma's "Purple Hell" as its arena! See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
UKLanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
26 November 1954 (Finland) See more »Also Known As:
La flamme pourpre See more »Box Office
Budget:
$2,000,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Music by Arthur Sullivan and lyrics by Sabine Baring-Gould
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Just before the crash Peck's navigator references "Where the dawn comes up like thunder". This is a quote from Mandalay by Rudyard Kipling. See more »Goofs
The markings on the small model aircraft used in the crash scenes are different to the markings on the larger mock-up crashed aircraft. See more »Soundtracks
Onward Christian Soldiers(uncredited)
Music by Arthur Sullivan and lyrics by Sabine Baring-Gould
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A pot-boiler of a Film that is intelligently crafted by Director Robert Parrish. To some it may seem intolerably slow & lacking pace, but to others like myself the Film does something that nearly all Films in the Fifties and indeed many now do not even attempt to achieve, and that is take the time to investigate the main characters in depth and in detail. This is done not via long tracts of dialogue, but via the un-said. In particular Peck and the astonishingly beautiful and talented Win Man Than as 'Anna' develop their relationship in the Film in the subtlest and most delicate of manners. I can find no further information on Win Man Tan, but her performance in this period piece, is one part enchanting, one part mesmerising. We understand fully how Peck's psychiatric problems eventually dissolve as hie begins to find perspective courtesy of love for 'Anna'. This Film is not staggering nor the best piece of Cinema you will ever see, but it is superbly acted, wonderfully cast, sparingly written, adroitly directed, and deserves to be watched by anyone who has a love of Cinema. Recommended, because what we see at our Cinemas today has MUCH to learn from Movie making such as this.