| Edition |
Full screen. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (approximately 102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Note |
"MGM DVD"--Container. |
| System Details |
DVD, region 1, full screen presentation; mono. |
| Credits |
Adapted by Eric Ambler from a novel by H.E. Bates; produced by John Bryan, Earl St. John; film editor, Clive Donner; original music, John Veale. |
| Cast |
Gregory Peck and Win Min Than; also starring Brenda de Banzie, Bernard Lee, Maurice Denham, Lyndon Brook, Anthony Bushell, Josephine Griffin, and Ram Gopal. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1954. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Summary |
After his wife is killed during the Blitz, neurotic and suicidal Squadron Leader Bill Forrester (Gregory Peck) is bent on achieving one thing in the war: his own death. Fellow airmen see him as hostile, incommunicative and prone to nightmares and anxiety attacks. But when Forrester's plane crash-lands in enemy territory, he realizes that he must save himself in order to guide his two injured companions to safety. As they cross the Burmese desert, the WWII pilot is transformed by his love for a refugee nurse named Anna (Win Min Than). Anna helps Forrester overcome his grief and gives him the drive to survive the trek through the wilderness of Burma. A wartime film about character rather than combat. |
| Language |
English or Spanish dialogue, English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations -- Drama.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Burma -- Drama.
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Air pilots -- Burma -- Drama.
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English -- Burma -- Drama.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Psychological aspects -- Drama.
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Burma -- History -- Japanese occupation, 1942-1945 -- Drama.
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Aircraft accidents -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Parrish, Robert.
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Peck, Gregory, 1916-2003.
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Win Min Than.
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Bates, H. E. (Herbert Ernest), 1905-1974.
Purple plain.
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MGM Home Entertainment Inc.
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| ISBN |
0792866606 DVD |
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9780792866602 DVD |
| Standard No. |
027616921703 |
| Music No. |
1008132 Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment |
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