the purple plain be a british war film which mean it rather understate when compare to it american counterpart . there not a massive budget involve which mean little in the way of spectacle and if truth be tell the special effect involve a raf fighter bomber come under attack from japanese flak be somewhat unconvincing . it also contain a few too many stiff upper lipped chap i do give credit to the movie for bring some type of psycological thought to the story though . the movie revolve around canadian raf pilot squadron leader bill forrester who be a suprisingly complex character for this type of movie . forrester be a man who know what grief be and it threaten to tear him apart . however the complexity and characteristic of forrester soon become push into the background a the story concentrate on the adventure antic of the hero try to escape from behind enemy linesthe purple plain isn ` t a movie that date well . no doubt when it be release in the mid 1950s audience ( especially those who crew an aircraft or fight in the far east ) could relate to it more but it seem slightly cliched now . but like i say it do try to be a character study instead of a straight forward war movie and it do contain some effective moment .