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The Purple Plain

Year:
Duration:
97 min | USA:100 min | UK:100 min
Genres:
Adventure | Drama | War | Action
IMDB rate:
6.6
Director:
Robert Parrish
Awards:
Nominated for 4 BAFTA Film Awards.
Details
Country: UK
Release Date: 1954-11-26
Filming Locations: Elephant Pass, Sri Lanka
Cast
Actor
Character
Gregory Peck
Squadron Leader Bill Forrester
Win Min Than
Anna
Brenda de Banzie
Miss McNab
Bernard Lee
Dr. Harris
Maurice Denham
Blore
Lyndon Brook
Carrington
Anthony Bushell
Group Captain Aldridge
Josephine Griffin
Mrs. Bill Forrester
Ram Gopal
Mr. Phang
Dorothy Alison
Nurse (uncredited)
Kurt Christian
(uncredited)
Jack McNaughton
Sgt. Ralph Brown (uncredited)
Lane Meddick
Radio Operator (uncredited)
Harold Siddons
Navigator Williams (uncredited)
Mya Mya Spencer
Dorothy (uncredited)
John A. Tinn
Burmese Jeweler (uncredited)
Soo Ah Wong
Old Woman (uncredited)
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Trivia
Just before the crash Peck's navigator references "Where the dawn comes up like thunder". This is a quote from Mandalay by Rudyard Kipling.
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Blore's quote, "Theirs not to reason why...", is from "The Charge of the Light Brigade" by Alfred Lord Tennyson.
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Goofs
When the Avro Anson touches down on the dirt runway near the end of the film, it makes screeching sounds as per a hard surface.
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When Peck's co-pilot looks out at the starboard engine, it is leaking some kind of fluid; but that fluid is running down the side of engine. It's not showing any sign of what would have to be at least a 200 mph wind passing over the nacelle.
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The markings on the small model aircraft used in the crash scenes are different to the markings on the larger mock-up crashed aircraft.
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Photos from cast
Peter Arne
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