La flamme pourpre

Original title: The Purple Plain

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Gregory Peck and Win Min Than in La flamme pourpre (1954)

In World War II Burma, a Canadian bomber pilot becomes reckless after losing his bride in a Luftwaffe air raid.In World War II Burma, a Canadian bomber pilot becomes reckless after losing his bride in a Luftwaffe air raid.In World War II Burma, a Canadian bomber pilot becomes reckless after losing his bride in a Luftwaffe air raid.

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6.5/10

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Nominated for 4 BAFTA Awards
- 4 nominations total

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Gregory Peck

Squadron Leader Bill Forrester

Bernard Lee

Dr. Harris

Win Min Than

Anna

Brenda de Banzie

Miss McNab
(as Brenda De Banzie)

Maurice Denham

Blore

Lyndon Brook

Carrington

Anthony Bushell

Group Captain Aldridge

Josephine Griffin

Mrs. Bill Forrester

Ram Gopal

Mr. Phang

Dorothy Alison

Nurse
(uncredited)

Peter Arne

Flight Lieutenant
(uncredited)

Ernest Blyth

Man Dancing at Wedding
(uncredited)

Kurt Christian

Richard Duke

Nightclub Patron on Dance Floor
(uncredited)

Jack McNaughton

Sgt. Ralph Brown
(uncredited)

Lane Meddick

Radio Operator
(uncredited)

Harold Siddons

Navigator Williams
(uncredited)

Mya Mya Spencer

Dorothy
(uncredited)

Director
- Robert Parrish
Writers
- H.E. Bates
- Eric Ambler
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Trivia
Win Min Than's husband was so jealous about losing her to the film's "decadent" Hollywood star Gregory Peck, he ordered his wife to eat garlic before romantic scenes with Peck. Fortunately, the production crew was able to convince her husband that Peck and the others were respectful of her so he went home leaving her to finish the picture in peace.

Goofs
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 the engine. It's not showing any sign of what would have to be, at least a 200 mph wind, passing over the nacelle.

Quotes
Anna: It's not good to die inside.
Squadron Leader Bill Forrester: It's like living a bad dream.
Anna: Here we bury the dead in the earth not in our hearts. Is the dream over now?
Squadron Leader Bill Forrester: I think so.

Crazy credits
Opening credits prologue: BURMA 1945

Connections
Referenced in Toon in with Me: On This Day... June 25th (2024)

Soundtracks
Onward Christian Soldiers
(uncredited)
Music by Arthur Sullivan and lyrics by Sabine Baring-Gould

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Featured review

6/10

Good movie

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 serviceable performances by the cast. Especially by Brenda De Banzie as a missionary.