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*** The Purple Heart NEW Classic Blu-Ray Disc Lewis Milestone D. Andrews R. Conte ***
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Brand new, official studio-released Blu-Ray of this great film, imported from France
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FILM DETAILS
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
French ( Subtitles )


Product Origin/Format:
France ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
95 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)
Black & White
Remastered


Movie filmed in 1944 and produced in:
Country: United States ( Region: USA, Canada )


Directed By:
Lewis Milestone


Written By:
Jerome Cady
Darryl F. Zanuck


Actors:
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


Synopsis:
The year is 1942: eight American airmen crash-land during the Doolittle bombing raid on Tokyo and are taken prisoner. Though slated for execution, the pilots are put through a "show trial" by the military, on a charge of committing war crimes. The Japanese judges promise to be merciful if only the Americans will reveal vital US military secrets. But captain Dana Andrews speaks for the rest of his melting-pot crew-some of whom have been subjected to the most horrific of tortures--when he chooses death before dishonor. In its own way, The Purple Heart is as racist a piece of propaganda as was ever produced by Hollywood. The Japanese are shown to be little more than sadistic beasts (at one point, the judges interrupt the trial by moronically shouting "Banzai" after receiving news of a military victory), while hissing, buck-toothed interrogator Richard Loo ("I attended your...Amelican universities"), unable to admit that he's been wrong about Yankee resilience, commits hara-kiri. Remember, however, that The Purple Heart was made at a time when America was still at war with Japan, and political correctness was hardly a consideration. Its jingoism aside, the film is a first-rate piece of moviemaking, socked across by director Lewis Milestone with the same fervor that he'd expended on his anti-war masterpiece All Quiet on the Western Front (1930).

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.

This is the story of the crew of a downed bomber, captured after the Doolittle raid over Japan, early in the war. It relates the hardships the men endure while in captivity, and their final humiliation: being tried and convicted as war criminals.
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