Purple Heart
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Movie Reviews of Purple Heart
Movie Review: A must see
Summary: 4 Stars
This is one of the all-time classic propaganda pieces of the war. Here we have the "typical" American unit made up of boys from Texas, Brooklyn, and Iowa, led by a steely officer (Dana Andrews)in a tribute to democracy. For my money, however, the scenery-chewing performance of Richard Loo as the Tojo-look-alike Japanese officer (complete with an appliance in his mouth to make his teeth look bigger...just like all of the print propaganda characatures of Japanese soldiers) steals the show. Loo's line "How many people will the white man sacrifice?" has become a cult classic with my colleagues and I and will likely remain so for some years. You've truly got to see this to believe it.Movie Review: tough not to like, and yet ...
Summary: 3 Stars
This movie is tough not to like, and yet it is clearly a propaganda piece of the "Jap-hating" war years.
The plot involves the sham trial of two B-25 crews from the Doolittle raid on Tokoyo captured in occupied China and brought to Japan for trial. The Japanese are besides themselves to determine where the raiding planes came from, and an Army general is convinced it was from a carrier. A naval admiral, responsible for defending the homeland, is equally convinced that it could not have been a carrier raid.
The acting by Dana Andrews and others is fine and you root for the crews as they are subjected to physical abuse and one-sided court room rules to extract the desired information. They are so alone and without defenses other than their trust in one another. And it is that interplay between the crew members and their support for one another that is the strength of the film.
The negative is that this is a war-time film with the Japanese presented as heartless, conniving, semi-humans. You expect at any moment for one of the Japanese officers to say, "So you Yankee dog, you see I understand your country. I U-C-R-A class of 1938!" If you can get past the bash the Japs undercurrent, its an pretty good film.
Movie Review: Purple Heart
Summary: 3 Stars
Typical Wartime Propaganda Film based very loosely on the Dolittle Raid.
Interesting to watch if you like these glossed over stories
Movie Review: Purple Heart.
Summary: 2 Stars
I was a little disapointed with this film unfortunately, as I was always a fan of Dana Andrews in my younger days.
However this is one that I had never seen. I know there are many of his films, and I shall keep on trying to send for the ones that I do like.
Sincerely Blanche Knowles.
Movie Review: Unrealistic and Unbelieveable Nonsense= A BAD Film
Summary: 1 Stars
This film is BAD. Whoever wrote the screenplay should have their SAG card taken away. AMC is dead-on right about this film, it's poorly made trash. The court room scenes are not believeable AT ALL. Just a poorly made film all the way around. I'm giving my copy to the thrift store ASAP.
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