The Purple plain
DVD - 2005
After his wife is killed during the Blitz, neurotic and suicidal Squadron Leader Bill Forrester (Gregory Peck) is bent on achieving one thing in the war: his own death. Fellow airmen see him as hostile, incommunicative and prone to nightmares and anxiety attacks. But when Forrester's plane crash-lands in enemy territory, he realizes that he must save himself in order to guide his two injured companions to safety. As they cross the Burmese desert, the WWII pilot is transformed by his love for a refugee nurse named Anna (Win Min Than). Anna helps Forrester overcome his grief and gives him the drive to survive the trek through the wilderness of Burma. A wartime film about character rather than combat.
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- Genres
- Feature films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired - Published
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Santa Monica, Calif. :
Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment
[2005]
- Language
- English
Spanish - Other Authors
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- Edition
- Full screen
- Item Description
- "MGM DVD"--Container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1954. - Physical Description
- 1 videodisc (DVD)(ca. 102 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
- Format
- Region 1, full screen presentation; mono.
- Audience
- MPAA rating: Not rated.
- Production Credits
- Adapted by Eric Ambler from a novel by H.E. Bates; produced by John Bryan, Earl St. John; film editor, Clive Donner; original music, John Veale.
- ISBN
- 9780792866602
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