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Purple Heart (2005)
Directed by Bill Birrell
“The True Horror of War...is What We Do to Ourselves”
Action, Drama, Thriller · 1h 30m
PURPLE HEART tells of a clean-up effort after a covert mission gone wrong. It is the story of Colonel Allen, the leader of a new, elite military unit designed for covert operations. His first mission: assassinate Saddam Hussein prior to the beginning of the 2003 Iraq War. Sgt. Oscar Padilla is the sniper chosen for the mission targeting Hussein. Unfortunately the mission is compromised; Padilla is captured and tortured by the Iraqis.
Cast
William Sadler
Colonel Allen
Demetrius Navarro
Oscar Padilla
Mel Harris
Dr. Harrison
Ed Lauter
Civilian
Emilio Rivera
Deputy
M
Mary L. Carter
News Reporter
Russell Gannon
Al-Sadr
J
Joseph Aguilar
M.A. Guiterrez
Douglas Tait
Halliday
T
Toufig Tulsiram
Iraqi soldier
C
Charlie Parrish
Drill Instructor
Dennis Hayden
Earl
Crew
- Director
- Bill Birrell
Details
- Release date
- 2005-01-01
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Genres
- Action, Drama, Thriller
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Claymore Inc.