A depressed man, after losing his wife in an air raid in WWII times, becomes highly irrational and takes lots of risks with his life and others yet keeps winning medals for bravery. During a basic flight with two men, the plane the man is piloting has an engine failure and crash lands in a desolate Japanese location. Will the two men trust his survival advice knowing his current state of mind? How will the men get back home base? This was an engaging story of arguably a character study of solder teetering on mentally instability. Another solid performance from Mr. Peck.
Review of The Purple Plain
