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The Purple Plain (1954)

Name: The Purple Plain
Rating: 6.5

Action / Adventure

The officers and men of an RAF station are increasingly disturbed by the strange behaviour of a squadron leader whose nerves are shattered, but when his plane crashes in Japanese territory, he is forced to snap out of his mental state and fight his way to freedom to save himself and an injured colleague.

IMDb6.5

Country: United Kingdom

Cast and crew

Robert ParrishDirector
Gregory PeckSquadron Leader Bill Forrester
Win Min ThanAnna
Bernard LeeDr. Harris
Maurice DenhamBlore
Brenda de BanzieMiss McNab
Ram GopalMr. Phang
Lyndon BrookCarrington
Anthony BushellCol Aldridge
Jack McNaughtonSgt. Ralph Brown (uncredited)
Harold SiddonsNavigator Williams (uncredited)
Peter ArneFlight Lieutenant (uncredited)
Mya Mya SpencerDorothy (uncredited)
Josephine GriffinMrs. Bill Forrester
Lane MeddickRadio Operator (uncredited)
John TinnBurmese Jeweler (uncredited)
Soo Ah SongOld Woman (uncredited)
Dorothy AlisonNurse (uncredited)

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