| Overview: | A captured U.S. flight crew is tried for murder in this classic World War II flag-waver.
Dana Andrews is captain of a flight crew in the first World War II aerial attack on the Japanese mainland. Their plane has been crippled in the raid, and the eight men bail out over China. Now they have been captured, brought to Japan, and charged with murder, falsely accused of bombing schools and hospitals. Subjected to a brutal trial in violation of international law, the final verdict is never in doubt--they will be found guilty and executed--unless they reveal the secret location the bombing attack was launched from. When the threat of death proves useless, one by one the U.S. airmen are taken and tortured, leaving them physically and mentally shattered.
Filled with heart-wrenching, powerful performances by a cast including Richard Conte and Farley Granger, "The Purple Heart" (1944) is a World War II classic. It is both a moving tribute to Americans facing adversity and an important document reflecting a time when the world was engulfed in flames.
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