The Purple Heart (1944)
An EPIC SAGE of RAW COURAGE!
This is the story of the crew of a downed bomber, captured after a run over Tokyo, early in the war. Relates the hardships the men endure while in captivity, and their final humiliation: being tried and convicted as war criminals.
- Date of release
- 1944-02-25
- TMDB
- 6.1 / 10 (14)
- Runtime
- 1h 39m
- Genres
- Drama, War
- Director
- Lewis Milestone
Casting
- Dana Andrews — Capt. Harvey Ross
- Richard Conte — Lt. Angelo Canelli
- Farley Granger — Sgt. Howard Clinton
- Kevin O'Shea — Sgt. Jan Skvoznik
- Don 'Red' Barry — Lt. Peter Vincent
- Trudy Marshall — Mrs. Ross
- Sam Levene — Lt. Wayne Greenbaum
- Charles Russell — Lt. Kenneth Bayforth
- John Craven — Sgt. Martin Stoner
- Tala Birell — Johanna Hartwig - Berlin News Correspondent
- Richard Loo — General Ito Mitsubi
- Peter Chong — Mitsuru Toyama
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