Jun 11th
The Purple Plain**       
(GB 1954)
Rank/Two Cities. 100m.

Towards the end of WWII a mentally unstable pilot falls in love with a local Burmese girl and makes good after his plane crashes in Japanese territory.
Slightly romanticised in the Rank style and inclined towards cliche, but otherwise quite well filmed and acted war melodrama with reliable faces.

Written by: Eric Ambler, from the novel by H.E. Bates.
Producer: John Bryan.
Director: Robert Parrish.
Starring: Gregory Peck, Win Min Than, Bernard Lee, Maurice Denham, Lyndon Brook, Anthony Bushell, Brenda de Banzie, Josephine Griffin.
Photography: Geoffrey Unsworth.
Music: John Veale.
Editing: Clive Donner.

Preceded by:
Out on Death**
(GB 2016. Holy Sheet Productions. 10m. bw.; w, d: MIke Ghoul; s: Joe Cullen, Nathamn Ashley, Akyssa Harden; ph: Jaime Lastimosa.)