The Purple Heart (1944)

Note Générale:

7,0/10   

Réalisateur:

Lewis Milestone

Scénaristes:

Jerome Cady (writer)
Darryl F. Zanuck (story)

Date de sortie:

23 février 1944 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Drame | Histoire | Guerre

Accroche:

An EPIC SAGE of RAW COURAGE!(original ad - many caps)

Intrigue:

This is the story of the crew of a downed bomber, captured after a run over Tokyo, early in the war...

Plot Keywords:

Bomber | Hara Kiri | Prison Cell | Military Trial | Doolittle Raid

Avis des utilisateurs:

A fact based story

Ensemble

Dana Andrews	...	Capt. Harvey Ross
Richard Conte	...	Lt. Angelo Canelli
Farley Granger	...	Sgt. Howard Clinton
Kevin O'Shea	...	Sgt. Jan Skvoznik
Don 'Red' Barry	...	Lt. Peter Vincent (as Donald Barry)
Trudy Marshall	...	Mrs. Ross
Sam Levene	...	Lt. Wayne Greenbaum
Charles Russell	...	Lt. Kenneth Bayforth
John Craven	...	Sgt. Martin Stoner
Tala Birell	...	Johanna Hartwig - Berlin News Correspondent
Richard Loo	...	General Ito Mitsubi
Peter Chong	...	Mitsuru Toyama
Gregory Gaye	...	Peter Voroshevski - Russian News Correspondent
Torben Meyer	...	Karl Kappel - Swiss Consul
Kurt Katch	...	Ludwig Kruger - German News Correspondent

Durée:

99 min

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Noir et Blanc

Rapport de forme:

1,37 : 1

Son:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Classification:

UK:A (original rating) | UK:PG (re-rating) (2005) | Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15

Société:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Anecdotes:

Based on the eight men captured by the Japanese after the Doolittle raid: Lt. Robert Hite, Lt. William G. Farrow, Lt. George Barr, Sgt. Harold A. Spatz, Cpl. Jacob De Shazer, Dean Hallmark, Robert Meder, and Chase Nielsen. The trial, as depicted in the film, was held at Police Headquarters in Shanghai, China on 14 October 1942. The eight men were condemned to death. Hallmark, Farrow, and Spatz were executed by a firing squad of the Imperial Japanese Army at sunset the next day. The remainder were given an Imperial commutation to life in prison. In 1943, Meder died of mistreatment and various diseases. The remaining four survived until they were freed upon Japan's surrender in August, 1945.

Guillemet:

General Ito Mitsubi: We will win this war because we are willing to sacrifice ten million lives. How many lives is the white man willing to sacrifice?

Connexions:

Référencé sur "The Wonder Years: Courage (#4.14)" (1991)

Bande son:

Turkey in the Straw

A fact based story

The Purple Heart was a very good movie for the times. The people who brand it "sappy" and "propagandistic", or the brain dead person who chortles about "patriotic lunkheads" enlisting in the armed forces because of this movie were not alive during that period. They know nothing about the horror of total war. The survival of this nation was in doubt, and men were dying or being captured by sadistic Japanese who murdered them while in captivity. Every parent dreaded the telegram delivery boy, thinking what it might mean. Ever heard of the Bataan Death March? This movie was a fact based story about captured Americans from the Doolittle raid, in which several American Airmen were tried as War Criminals, and some of them were executed. Such a show trial was not repeated, but it showed the beastiality of the Bushido warriors. Japan should hang it's head in shame. The performances were dead right for war time, and Dana Andrews was superb, there were few cliches, it was mostly truth. Mr Bartalotti was right, there was a great deal in a short time. A True achievement. For the silly few who worry about propaganda, remember we were at war, and remember Pearl Harbor.