The Purple Plain

Cast & Crew

Cast & Crew

Directed by

Robert Parrish

Writing Credits

H.E. Bates
(novel)
Eric Ambler
(screenplay)

Cast

Gregory Peck
Squadron Leader Bill Forrester
Win Min Than
Anna
Brenda de Banzie
Miss McNab
Bernard Lee
Dr. Harris
Maurice Denham
Blore
Lyndon Brook
Carrington
Anthony Bushell
Group Captain Aldridge
Josephine Griffin
Mrs. Bill Forrester
Ram Gopal
Mr. Phang
Dorothy Alison
Nurse
Peter Arne
Flight Lieutenant
Ernest Blyth
Man Dancing at Wedding
Kurt Christian
(uncredited)
Richard Duke
Nightclub Patron on Dance Floor
Jack McNaughton
Sgt. Ralph Brown
Lane Meddick
Radio Operator
Harold Siddons
Navigator Williams
Mya Mya Spencer
Dorothy
John A. Tinn
Burmese Jeweler
Soo Ah Wong
Old Woman

Produced by

John Bryan
producer
Earl St. John
executive producer

Music by

John Veale

Cinematography by

Geoffrey Unsworth
director of photography

Editing by

Clive Donner

Art Direction by

Jack Maxsted
Donald M. Ashton
(uncredited)

Makeup Department

Geoffrey Rodway
makeup artist
Iris Tilley
hairdresser

Production Management

Roy Goddard
production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

David W. Orton
assistant director (as David Orton)

Art Department

Dario Simoni
set dresser
Alan Withy
draughtsman (uncredited)

Sound Department

Eric Boyd-Perkins
sound editor
Gordon K. McCallum
sound recordist
Dudley Messenger
sound recordist
Harry Miller
sound editor
Peter Davies
sound re-recordist (uncredited)
Ted Karnon
sound camera operator (uncredited)

Special Effects by

Charles Staffell
special effects
Bill Warrington
special effects
Philippo Guidobaldi
optic special effects (uncredited)
Sydney Pearson
special effects (uncredited)

Visual Effects by

Bernard Ford
model photography: clapper loader (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

James Bawden
camera operator
John Cabrera
clapper loader (uncredited)
James Devis
clapper loader (uncredited)
Marc Hyams
clapper loader (uncredited)

Editorial Department

Joan Bridge
color consultant: Technicolor
Roy Fry
first assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department

Muir Mathieson
conductor

Script and Continuity Department

Joan Foster
continuity

Additional Crew

Arthur Alcott
production controller for Pinewood Studios, London, England
Jean Tisdall
production secretary (uncredited)
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