The Hasty Heart

In the final days of World War II, in a MASH unit in Burma, a severely wounded corporal watches in dismay as fellow soldiers pack-up to return home but a caring nurse and five remaining soldiers bring him solace.

Cast

Ronald Reagan

as Yank

Patricia Neal

as Sister Margaret Parker

Richard Todd

as Cpl. Lachlan "Lachie" MacLachlan

Anthony Nicholls

as Lt. Col. Dunn

Howard Marion-Crawford

as Tommy

Ralph Michael

as Kiwi

John Sherman

as Digger

Alfie Bass

as Orderly

Orlando Martins

as Blossom

Robert Douglas

as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

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