Purple Heart, The
20th Century Fox (1944)
Action, Drama
In Collection
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024543432920
IMDB   6.9
1 hr 39 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1   NR
Dana Andrews Capt. Harvey Ross
Farley Granger Sgt. Howard Clinton
Charles Russell Lt. Kenneth Bayforth
Trudy Marshall Mrs. Ross
Richard Conte Lt. Angelo Canelli
Sam Levene Lt. Wayne Greenbaum
Donald Barry
John Craven Sgt. Martin Stoner
Kevin O'Shea Sgt. Skvoznik
Don 'Red' Barry Lt. Peter Vincent
Tala Birell Johanna Hartwig
Kevin O'Shea (III)
Director
Lewis Milestone
Producer Darryl F. Zanuck
Writer Jerome Cady
Darryl F. Zanuck
Cinematography Arthur C. Miller

Four months after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, a group of American flyers take part in the first U.S. air retaliation attack against Japan - and crash-land into history's most astounding prisoner-of-war story!

Made at the height of World War II, this reality-based war drama stars Dana Andrews and Farley Granger as two of the eight "Doolittle Raiders" who are put on trail in a Japanese civil court, now as P.O.W.s, but as criminals charged with murder! As this travesty of justice proceeds, the airmen realize that their only hope of avoiding execution is to reveal to their enemy captors the top-secret details of their flight to Japan. The choice between death and betrayal of country is theirs to make in this "magnificent testament to American bravery." (New York Herald Tribune)

Edition Details
Edition Fox War Classics
Distributor 20th Century Fox
Release Date 4/24/2007
Packaging Keep Case
Screen Ratio Standard 1.33:1 B&W
Audio Tracks ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Mono [CC]
ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Stereo [CC]
SPANISH: Dolby Digital Mono
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 1

Features
Audio Commentary by Film Critic Richard Schickel
Still Gallery
Original Theatrical Trailer