The Hasty Heart

The Hasty Heart
The Hasty Heart
	Original film poster
Directed by	Vincent Sherman
Written by	Ranald MacDougall
Based on	The Hasty Heart; 1945 play; by John Patrick
Produced by	Russel Crouse; Howard Lindsay
Starring	Richard Todd; Ronald Reagan; Patricia Neal
Cinematography	Wilkie Cooper
Edited by	Edward B. Jarvis
Music by	Jack Beaver
Distributed by	Associated British-Pathé (UK); Warner Bros. (US)
Release dates	13 September 1949 (Premiere, London);
Running time	102 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Box office	£248,584 (UK)

The Hasty Heart is a 1949 war drama film, an Anglo-American co-production starring Ronald Reagan, Patricia Neal, and Richard Todd and directed by Vincent Sherman. The film is based on the 1945 play of the same name by John Patrick.

The Hasty Heart tells the story of a group of wounded Allied soldiers in a Pacific theatre mobile surgery unit immediately after World War II ends who, after initial resentment and ostracism, rally around a loner, an unappreciative Scottish soldier they know is dying.

The title is taken from the proverb "sorrow is born in the hasty heart" which is stated several times in the film.

^ Porter, Vincent (2000). "The Robert Clark Account: Films released in Britain by Associated British Pictures, British Lion, MGM, and Warner Bros., 1946–1957". Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television. 20 (4): 490. doi:10.1080/713669742. S2CID 161670089.

[1] Porter, Vincent (2000). "The Robert Clark Account: Films released in Britain by Associated British Pictures, British Lion, MGM, and Warner Bros., 1946–1957". Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television. 20 (4): 490. doi:10.1080/713669742. S2CID 161670089.

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