The Hasty Heart (1949)
They had 30 days to teach their hearts to behave ... !
In the final days of World War II, in a MASH unit in Burma, a severely wounded corporal watches in dismay as fellow soldiers pack-up to return home but a caring nurse and five remaining soldiers bring him solace.
- Date of release
- 1949-09-20
- TMDB
- 6.9 / 10 (16)
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Genres
- Drama, War
- Director
- Vincent Sherman
Casting
- Ronald Reagan — Yank
- Patricia Neal — Sister Margaret Parker
- Richard Todd — Cpl. Lachlan "Lachie" MacLachlan
- Anthony Nicholls — Lt. Col. Dunn
- Howard Marion-Crawford — Tommy
- Ralph Michael — Kiwi
- John Sherman — Digger
- Alfie Bass — Orderly
- Orlando Martins — Blossom
- Robert Douglas — Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- Clive Dunn — MacDougall (uncredited)
- John Gregson — Recruit in Jungle (uncredited)
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