The Purple Plain

The Purple Plain is a 1954 British war film directed by Robert Parrish, in which Canadian bomber pilot Bill Forrester (Gregory Peck) struggles to cope with depression after losing his wife to German bombing in London. A Royal Air Force squadron physician, Dr. Harris (Bernard Lee), tries to help him heal his tormented soul and finds him an interracial romance with Anna (Win Min Than). When Flight Lieutenant Blore's plane crashes in the Burmese jungle, Forrester must use his strongest will to live to rescue his navigator, Carrington.