Gregory Peck
Squadron Leader Bill Forrester
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The Purple Plain. The Purple Plain is a 1954 British war film directed by Robert Parrish, with Gregory Peck playing a Royal Canadian Air Force pilot serving in the Royal Air Force in the Burma campaign in the closing months of the Second World War, who is battling with depression after having lost his wife to German bombing in London.
- $1.3 million (US)
- John Bryan
The Purple Plain: Directed by Robert Parrish. With Gregory Peck, Win Min Than, Brenda de Banzie, Bernard Lee. In World War II Burma, a Canadian bomber pilot becomes reckless after losing his bride in a Luftwaffe air-raid.
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- Adventure, Drama, War
- Robert Parrish
- 1954-11-26
The Purple Plain is a low budget British movie from the 1950s that deserved a wider audience outside of the UK. There are no gung ho heroics and military flag waving and this may be why it did not ...
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- Robert Parrish
- Adventure, Action
- Gregory Peck
The Purple Plain, then, is a story of survival in a very large sense of the term, for underlying Forrester's attempt to survive his predicament is his newly-found desire to survive, period. This is an inherently moving aspect of Eric Ambler's script (based on a novel by former RAF pilot H.E. Bates), but Robert Parrish's direction makes it even ...
- Robert Parrish, David Orton
- Gregory Peck
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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.
A 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. Robert Parrish. Director.
