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The Purple Plain

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

Starring
Gregory Peck Win Min Than
1945: in the sweltering heat of the Burmese jungle the officers and men of an RAF station are increasingly disturbed by the strange behaviour of Squadron Leader Forrester. After meeting Anna, a beautiful
Burmese girl, he is seemingly a changed man. But his life takes a nightmare turn when a routine flight to a nearby base is struck by disaster.
Miss McNab Brenda De Banzie Screenplay by Eric Ambler from the novel by H E Bates Director Robert Parrish
0 FILMS: pages 18-21

Contributors

Unknown:
Gregory Peck
Unknown:
Eric Ambler
Director:
Robert Parrish
Forrester:
Gregory Peck
Anna:
Win Min Than
Dr Harris:
Bernard Lee
Blare:
Maurice Denham
Source: Radio Times

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