Play dirty, The dogs of war ; The purple plain
Type
Label
Play dirty, The dogs of war ; The purple plain
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
Play dirty: Rated PGDogs of war: Rated RThe purple plain: Not rated
Main title
Play dirty
Medium
videorecording ;
Oclc number
855793960
Runtime
321
Sub title
The dogs of war ; The purple plain
Summary
Play dirty: A World War II squadron of ex-criminals is ordered to destroy a North African oil depotThe dogs of war: Hired by an international cartel, soldier of fortune Jamie Shannon (Walken) organizes a strike force to wrest control of an impoverished but mineral rich west African nation from a madman. An intricate game ensues where double cross is the rule: Shannon and his handpicked men find themselves caught between the cartel and the dictator they were to depose. To escape this dilemma, Shannon and his men apply their own code of honorPurple plain: A neurotic, suicidal WWII pilot is transformed by his love for a native girl, who gives him the drive to survive the trek through the wilderness of Burma after his plane crashes
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
resource.variantTitle
3 pack action
Contributor
- Green, Nigel, 1924-1972
- Irvin, John
- DeVore, Gary M.
- Walken, Christopher, 1943-
- Berenger, Tom, 1949-
- Bragg, Melvyn, 1939-
- Win Min Than
- Caine, Michael
- Malko, George
- Parrish, Robert
- Ambler, Eric, 1909-1998
- De Toth, André, 1912-2002
- Peck, Gregory, 1916-2003
- Saltzman, Harry, 1915-1994
- Blakely, Colin
- Andrews, Harry, 1911-1989
- Dewaay, Larry
- Davenport, Nigel
Subject
- Executives -- Drama
- Africa -- Drama
- Africa, North -- Drama
- War films
- Disguise -- Africa, North -- Drama
- DVDs
- Military missions -- Drama
- Feature films
- Mercenary troops -- Africa -- Drama
- World War, 1939-1945 + Campaigns -- Africa, North -- Drama
- Fiction films
- Soldiers of fortune -- Africa -- Drama
- Action and adventure films
Content
Actor
resource.filmdirector
resource.filmproducer
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Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Contributor18
- Green, Nigel, 1924-1972
- Irvin, John
- DeVore, Gary M.
- Walken, Christopher, 1943-
- Berenger, Tom, 1949-
- Bragg, Melvyn, 1939-
- Win Min Than
- Caine, Michael
- Malko, George
- Parrish, Robert
- Ambler, Eric, 1909-1998
- De Toth, André, 1912-2002
- Peck, Gregory, 1916-2003
- Saltzman, Harry, 1915-1994
- Blakely, Colin
- Andrews, Harry, 1911-1989
- Dewaay, Larry
- Davenport, Nigel
- Genre5
- Subject13
- Executives -- Drama
- Africa -- Drama
- Africa, North -- Drama
- War films
- Disguise -- Africa, North -- Drama
- DVDs
- Military missions -- Drama
- Feature films
- Mercenary troops -- Africa -- Drama
- World War, 1939-1945 + Campaigns -- Africa, North -- Drama
- Fiction films
- Soldiers of fortune -- Africa -- Drama
- Action and adventure films
- Content1
- Actor9
- resource.filmdirector3
- resource.filmproducer2
- resource.screenwriter4
- Mapped to1