The Purple Plain

Name: The Purple Plain
Released: 1954-09-14T00:00:00.000000Z
Rating: 6.5

His peak of adventure!

1954 • 98 min • ★ 6.5 (67) • Released

Adventure Drama War

An RAF airfield in Burma in 1945, during World War II. Canadian bomber pilot Bill Forrester is a bitter man who lives haunted by a tragic past. He has became a reckless warrior, and is feared by his comrades, who consider him a madman. Dr. Harris, the squadron physician, is determined to help him heal his tormented soul.

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Original title: The Purple Plain
Language: EN
Country: US,GB
Budget: $2,000,000
Revenue: —

Reviews & Ratings 1

CinemaSerf

Apr 4, 2022 · via TMDB

★ 7.0

This films features quite a strong performance from Gregory Peck as "Forrester", a Canadian air force officer serving in Burma. Reckless and thoughtless, he has managed to irritate just about everyone until "Dr. Harris" (Bernard Lee) decides to try to get to the bottom of his behaviour. It turns out that a combination of his recently deceased wife and his own wartime experiences have ground him down so "Harris" decides it is time to rehabilitate him and he meets the delightful "Anna" (Win Min Than). In case you think that's it; well not quite. He takes a plane up with "Blore" (Maurice Denham) and his new room-mate "Carrington" (Lyndon Brook) but that comes a cropper and the three must do their best to ge home - at times a perilous journey exacerbated by an injured "Carrington" and a pretty recalcitrant "Blore". Peck is good in fits and starts, here. At the beginning he offers an intense, almost maniacal, performance and once we end up on the journey after the crash, that behaviour focuses much more on leadership and survival and is different, but equally effective. Brenda de Banzie offers a bit of light relief as the stoic Scot "Miss McNab"; it moves along consistently with a minimum of waffly dialogue and some fine cinematography from a rather stunning Ceylon. All in all, I really quite enjoyed this.

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Keywords 14

airfield airman airplane crash bomber pilot burma crew survival dead wife interracial romance leadership love in war raf (royal air force) struggle for survival traumatized man world war ii

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