Synopsis
The Purple Plain (1954) 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. ??David Stevens

Awards: 4 nominations total
Budget: $2,000,000 (estimated)
Soundtrack: Onward Christian Soldiers ((uncredited))


Robert Parrish
Gregory Peck, Bernard Lee, Win Min Than
1954-11-26 (United Kingdom)
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