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The Hasty Heart is a 1949 war drama film, an Anglo-American co-production starring Ronald Reagan, Patricia Neal, and Richard Todd and directed by Vincent Sherman. The film is based on the 1945 play of the same name by John Patrick .
- £248,584 (UK)
The Hasty Heart: Directed by Vincent Sherman. With Ronald Reagan, Patricia Neal, Richard Todd, Anthony Nicholls. In the final days of WW2, in a M.A.S.H. unit in Burma, a seriously wounded corporal watches in dismay as fellow soldiers pack-up to return home but a caring nurse and five remaining soldiers bring him solace.
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- Drama, War
- Vincent Sherman
- 1949-12-02
The Hasty Heart is set in a WW II convalescent ward of a British General Hospital in the rear of the Assam-Burma. It revolves around Lachlen (Richard Todd), a bitter and arrogant Scottish sergeant, who is initially unaware that he is dying. During the course of the play, he slowly responds to the other men from different cultures among them ...
Rent The Hasty Heart on Prime Video, or buy it on Prime Video. On the last day of World War II, Scottish soldier Lachlan MacLachlan (Richard Todd) is shot in the lower back and needs to be treated ...
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- Vincent Sherman
- Drama
- Ronald Reagan
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The Hasty Heart was a big hit in London, and Sherman received acclaim as director and producer. But for the American release, Warner removed Sherman's producing credit, wanting to give the impression that Warner himself had done the producing legwork.
The Hasty Heart is a story about the wounded Richard Todd who doesn't know that while seemingly recovered he lost a kidney and the other one is irreversibly damaged. He will die within a matter of weeks and nurse Patricia Neal moves him in with some other convalescent soldiers including an American, Ronald Reagan and tells them to be easy with him.
