The Hasty Heart

The Hasty Heart is a 1949 AngloAmerican coproduction directed by Vincent Sherman and starring Ronald Reagan, Patricia Neal, and Richard Todd. The film based is based on the play of the same name by John Patrick.

In Burma during the Pacific War in 1945, a group of wounded Allied soldiers are at makeshift British military hospital in the jungle. As theyve all been there for quite some time, they have a strong bond. Yank Ronald Reagan is the lone American there, recovering from malaria, along with Tommy Howard MarionCrawford, the Englishman, Kiwi Ralph Michael, the New Zealander, Digger John Sherman, the Australian, and Blossom Orlando Martins, the African. They are all under the care of the friendly nurse, Sister Margaret Parker Patricia Neal.The commanding doctor of the hospital, Lt Col Dunn Anthony Nicholls, tells the men that they will be receiving a new patient soon, and that they should be extra nice to this man. He is a Scot, and while he seems to have recovered from his operation, his abnormal kidney means that he will die within a few weeks. Dunn tells the men that the Scot will be outwardly healthy until one day he will suddenly die when his kidney fails. When the Scot arrives, Cpl. Lachlan Lachie MacLachlan Richard Todd is very gruff and mean. He is constantly suspicious of his bunkmates attempting to make friends with him. ........

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