''The Purple Plain'' is a 1947 war novel by the British writer H. E. Bates. It is set during the Burma Campaign of the Second World War.

Film adaptation

In 1954, it was adapted into a British film ''

The Purple Plain ''The Purple Plain'' is a 1954 British war film directed by Robert Parrish, with Gregory Peck playing a Royal Canadian Air Force pilot serving in the Royal Air Force in the Burma campaign in the closing months of the Second World War, who is b ...

'' directed by Robert Parrish and starring

Gregory Peck Eldred Gregory Peck (April 5, 1916 – June 12, 2003) was an American actor and one of the most popular film stars from the 1940s to the 1970s. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Peck the 12th-greatest male star of Classic Hollywood ...

Win Min Than Win Min Than ( my, ဝင်းမင်းသန်း; born 30 November 1933) is a Burmese actress. She is best known for her role in the 1954 Hollywood film ''The Purple Plain''. Biography Than was born on 30 November 1933 in Bago, Burma, u ...

and Bernard Lee.Goble p.29

References

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. 1947 British novels Novels set during World War II Novels set in Myanmar British novels adapted into films Michael Joseph books Novels by H. E. Bates {{1940s-WWII-novel-stub