| The Hasty Heart | |
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 Original film poster | |
| Directed by | Vincent Sherman |
| Written by | Ranald MacDougall |
| Based on | The Hasty Heart 1945 play by John Patrick |
| Produced by | Russel Crouse Howard Lindsay |
| Starring | Richard Todd Ronald Reagan Patricia Neal |
| Cinematography | Wilkie Cooper |
| Edited by | Edward B. Jarvis |
| Music by | Jack Beaver |
| Distributed by | Associated British-Pathé (UK) Warner Bros. (US) |
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Running time | 102 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Box office | £248,584 (UK)[1] |
The Hasty Heart is a 1949 war drama film, an Anglo-American co-production starring Ronald Reagan, Patricia Neal, and Richard Todd and directed by Vincent Sherman. The film is based on the 1945 play of the same name by John Patrick.
The Hasty Heart tells the story of a group of wounded Allied soldiers in a Pacific theatre mobile surgery unit immediately after World War II ends who, after initial resentment and ostracism, rally around a loner, an unappreciative Scottish soldier they know is dying.
The title is taken from the proverb "sorrow is born in the hasty heart" which is stated several times in the film.
- ^ Porter, Vincent (2000). "The Robert Clark Account: Films released in Britain by Associated British Pictures, British Lion, MGM, and Warner Bros., 1946–1957". Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television. 20 (4): 490. doi:10.1080/713669742. S2CID 161670089.