The Purple Heart (1944)
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.
- Released
- 1944-02-25
- Genres
- Drama, War
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Lewis Milestone
- TMDB rating
- 6.1/10 from 14 votes
Cast
- Dana Andrews as Capt. Harvey Ross
- Richard Conte as Lt. Angelo Canelli
- Farley Granger as Sgt. Howard Clinton
- Kevin O'Shea as Sgt. Jan Skvoznik
- Don 'Red' Barry as Lt. Peter Vincent
- Trudy Marshall as Mrs. Ross
- Sam Levene as Lt. Wayne Greenbaum
- Charles Russell as Lt. Kenneth Bayforth
- John Craven as Sgt. Martin Stoner
- Tala Birell as Johanna Hartwig - Berlin News Correspondent
- Richard Loo as General Ito Mitsubi
- Peter Chong as Mitsuru Toyama