| The Purple Plain | |
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| Directed by | Robert Parrish |
| Screenplay by | Eric Ambler |
| Based on | The Purple Plain by H. E. Bates |
| Produced by | John Bryan |
| Starring | Gregory Peck Win Min Than Maurice Denham Lyndon Brook Bernard Lee |
| Cinematography | Geoffrey Unsworth |
| Edited by | Clive Donner |
| Music by | John Veale |
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| Distributed by | General Film Distributors United Artists (US) |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1.3 million (US)[1] |
The Purple Plain is a 1954 British war film directed by Robert Parrish, with Gregory Peck playing a Royal Canadian Air Force pilot serving in the Royal Air Force in the Burma campaign in the closing months of the Second World War, who is battling with depression after having lost his wife to German bombing in London. The cast also included Win Min Than, Maurice Denham and Lyndon Brook. The film was shot at Pinewood Studios and on location in Ceylon. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jack Maxsted. It was nominated for two BAFTA awards. The film was based on the 1947 novel of the same name by H. E. Bates.
- ^ "The Top Box-Office Hits of 1955." Variety Weekly, 25 January 1956.