Ken Wahl

In the carnage and cruelty of Vietnam, Navy surgeon Don Jardian learned he had to move fast to deal with black marketeers who control vital supplies - and even faster to stitch together a shrapnel-riddled combatant. But he couldn't foresee the emotional crossfire he and nurse Deborah Solomon experience as their romance - and the war's dangers - heighten. Ken Wahl (Wiseguy) and Cheryl Ladd (Charlie's Angels) star in director Sidney J. Furie's vivid and moving Purple Hearts, a Vietnam War drama of love and courage showcasing fine performances and authentic Philippines-filmed recreations of the hell-on-earth that was Vietnam. In love and war, their story makes for an exciting powerful film about a conflict in which there were no easy answers.

In the carnage and cruelty of Vietnam, Navy surgeon Don Jardian learned he had to move fast to deal with black marketeers who control vital supplies - and even faster to stitch together a shrapnel-riddled combatant. But he couldn't foresee the emotional crossfire he and nurse Deborah Solomon experience as their romance - and the war's dangers - heighten. In love and war, their story makes for an exciting powerful film about a conflict in which there were no easy answers.

Expert gambler Harold (Rip Torn) latches onto neophyte blackjack dealer Willie (Ken Wahl) after Harold's luck at the tables begins to turn around as long as Willie is there. With Harold calling all the shots, young Willie's life is suddenly out of his control -- until Harold's lounge singer girlfriend (Bette Midler) takes a liking to Willie and the two devise a plan to get rid of the elder card shark and free themselves from his grasp.

During the Vietnam War, a doctor and nurse meet and fall in love.