Rating: NR
Genre: War
Release Date: 04/19/2005
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol
Dubbed: English/Espanol
Sound: DD1
Run Time: 102 Minutes
Flags: Questionable for Children
Distributor/Studio: MGM

An H.E. Bates novel was the source for this psychological wartime drama set in Burma. Canadian pilot Gregory Peck and two comrades-in-arms crash in the Burmese wilds. The three men are forced to hack and crawl their way to safety, surrounded on all sides by the Japanese. Peck's subordinates don't completely trust their leader, and not without reason: Peck's nerves have been at the breaking point for months, and this experience may send him around the bend. But the ordeal strengthens Peck's psyche. Despite its American star, director and distributor (United Artists), The Purple Plain is a British production; thanks to its top-drawer production values and evocative color photography by Geoffrey Unsworth, the film brought in customers on both sides of the big pond.

~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Gregory Peck - Forrester
Win Min Than - Anna
Bernard Lee - Dr. Harris
Maurice Denham - Blore
Lyndon Brook - Carrington
Ram Gopal - Mr. Phang
Brenda de Banzie - Miss McNab
Anthony Bushell - Cmdr. Aldridge
Jack McNaughton - Sgt. Brown
Harold Siddons - Navigator Williams
Peter Arne - Flight Lieutenant
Josephine Griffin - Mrs. Forrester
Lane Meddick - Radio Operator
John A. Tinn - Burmese Jeweler
Dorothy Alison - Nurse

Production:
Robert Parrish - Director
John Bryan - Producer
John Veale - Composer
Clive Donner - Editor
Eric Ambler - Screen Writer
Dario Simoni - Set Designer
Jack Maxsted - Art Director
Geoffrey Unsworth - Cinematographer
Earl St. John - Executive Producer
Geoffrey Rodway - Makeup
Muir Mathieson - Musical Direction/Supervision
Roy Goddard - Production Manager
Bill Warrington - Special Effects
Charles Staffell - Special Effects
H.E. Bates - Book Author

Bat 21
    Gene Hackman / R / 1988
Saving Private Ryan [D-Day 60th Anniversary Commemorative Edition]
    Tom Hanks / R / 1998
Objective Burma
    Errol Flynn / NR / 1945
The Great Escape
    Steve McQueen / 1963
Escape From Fort Bravo
    William Holden / NR / 1953

1954 British Academy of Film and Television