The Purple Plain

It is strange how you don't hear anything about certain films. In a magazine, a critic was praising this war drama and I decided to give it a chance. I'm glad I did because I thought it was excellent. I'm... Full review

A pot-boiler of a Film that is intelligently crafted by Director Robert Parrish. To some it may seem intolerably slow & lacking pace, but to others like myself the Film does something that nearly all Films in the Fifties and... Full review

I've had this movie on my 10 Best List for many, many years. This story of healing from loss through love is immensely powerful. It's exquisitely photographed; it looks much more art film than Hollywood. The direction is solid, and... Full review

I suppose the reason why I loved the film so much was that I was actually watching the film being made in Sigaria in Ceylon (Now Sri Lanka). I was part of an RAF Police team from RAF Columbo called... Full review

The Purple Plain is a winner, a handsomely mounted WW2 drama set in Burma where the Japanese are never seen: the enemy is the hostile landscape and the memories that cripple its hero. Gregory Peck's damaged pilot is still suffering... Full review

This is a Rank Company (British) medium budget production of a post war H. E. Bates novel. Well directed by Robert Parrish, the screen writing by Eric Ambler is quite good. It was shot on site in, what was then,... Full review

THE PURPLE PLAIN is a British war film which means it`s rather understated when compared to its American counterparts . There`s not a massive budget involved which means little in the way of spectacle and if truth be told the... Full review

Apart from Reach for the Sky, The Purple Plain is the best war film i've seen- particually as I thoroughly enjoy the British war films, and Lyndon Brook is my favourite actor!A Canadian RAF pilot, Squadron Leader Forrester (Gregory Peck),... Full review

Peck's third best movie. The supporting actors did flesh out the tension and struggle. The story line can be easily followed. The decisions made during the movie are predictable, but the realization that it is life and death struggle overwhelms... Full review

Peck is a neurotic, suicidal pilot in Burma during WWII. He's transformed by his love for a native girl, which gives him the drive to survive the trek through the harsh burmese wilderness after his plane crashes.A good,dramatic film with... Full review

There he meets a refugee nurse named Anna (Win Min Than) and begins to emotionally unwind and heal -- his suicidal flying career began with the bombing death of his bride (Josephine Griffin) on her wedding night. Invigorated by his new bond with Anna, Bill takes off on a routine mission to check out a new navigator (Lyndon Brook) and carry a passenger (Maurice Denham) to another camp. ... Full Review

Filmfare Awards completes its Golden Jubilee this year. 50 years of commemorating the best of the best among the film world! Here's presenting a trivia in tribute to the first and one of the most anticipated Film Awards of the... ... Full Article