The Purple Heart [videorecording]
- Responsibility
- Twentieth Century-Fox presents Darryl F. Zanuck's production ; written for the screen by Jerome Cady ; from a story by Melville Crossman ; directed by Lewis Milestone.
- Uniform Title
- Purple Heart (Motion picture : 1944). Spanish & English.
- Language
- English, Spanish. English or dubbed Spanish (mono.) dialogue, English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
- Imprint
- Beverly Hills, Calif. : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2007]
- Physical description
- 1 videodisc (100 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
- Series
- Fox war classics.
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| Call number | Status |
|---|---|
| ZDVD 15529 |
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Description
Creators/Contributors
- Contributor
- Zanuck, Darryl Francis, 1902-1979.
- Cady, Jerry, 1903-1948
- Crossman, Melville, 1902-1979.
- Milestone, Lewis, 1895-1980.
- Andrews, Dana, 1909-1992.
- Conte, Richard, 1910-1975
- Granger, Farley.
- O'Shea, Kevin, 1915-
- Barry, Donald, 1912-1980.
- Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.
- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.
Contents/Summary
- Summary
- 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. The "Doolittle Raiders" are put on trial in a Japanese civil court, not 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: a choice between death and and betrayal of country.
Subjects
- Subject
- World War, 1939-1945 > Drama.
- Air pilots, Military > United States > Drama.
- Prisoners of war > Japan > Drama.
- Prisoners of war > United States > Drama.
- Trials (Murder) > Japan > Drama.
- Guerra Mundial II, 1939-1945 > Teatro.
- Aviadores > Estados Unidos > Teatro.
- Procesos por homicidio > Japón > Teatro.
- World War, 1939-1945 > Drama.
- Air pilots, Military > United States > Drama.
- Prisoners of war > Japan > Drama.
- Prisoners of war > United States > Drama.
- Trials (Homicide) > Japan > Drama.
Bibliographic information
- Publication date
- 2007
- Series
- Fox war classics
- Note
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1944.
- Special features: audio commentary by Richard Schickel; still gallery; original theatrical trailer.
- Production Credits
- Director of photography, Arthur Miller; music, Alfred Newman; editor, Douglass Biggs.
- Participant
- Dana Andrews, Richard Conte, Farley Granger, Kevin O'Shea, Donald Barry.
- Audience
- Not rated.
- Format
- DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital stereo., Dolby Digital mono., dual layer, NTSC.
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