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The Purple Plain ***

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

Second World War drama, concluding the Gregory Peck triple bill, about an RAF pilot whose wife is killed on their wedding night during an air raid. Several years later, his plane crashes in the Burmese jungle, leaving pilot and crew at the mercy of the occupying Japanese forces. Review page 57.
Director Robert Parrish (1954) (S)

Contributors

Unknown:
Gregory Peck
Director:
Robert Parrish
Sqn Ldr Forrester:
Gregory Peck
Anna Than:
Min Win
Dr Harris:
Bernard Lee
Blore:
Maurice Denham
Miss McNab:
Brenda de Banzie
MrPhang:
Ram Gopal
Carrington:
Lyndon Brook
CmdrAldridge:
Anthony Bushell
SgtBrown:
Jack McNaughton
Navigator Williams:
Harold Siddons
Source: Radio Times

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