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Purple Heart

episode of Law & Order (S5 E21)
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Summary

Purple Heart is a television series episode[1]. It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Arthur W. Forney[3]
  • Named after: Purple Heart[4]
  • Follows: Bad Faith[5]
  • Followed by: Switch[6]
  • Cast member: Jerry Orbach[7], Chris Noth[8], S. Epatha Merkerson[9], Sam Waterston[10], Jill Hennessy[11], Steven Hill[12], Michael Beach[13], Mike Starr[14], Dominic Chianese[15], Frank Pellegrino[16], LisaGay Hamilton[17], Gina Torres[18], Ed Wheeler[19], Gabriel Casseus[20]
  • Part of the series: Law & Order[21]
  • Director of photography: Constantine Makris[22]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[23]
  • Original broadcaster: NBC[24]
  • Color: color[25]
  • Country of origin: United States[26]
  • Publication date: May 3, 1995[27], August 8, 1997[28]
  • Characters: Mike Logan[29], Anita Van Buren[30], Claire Kincaid[31]
  • Title: Purple Heart[32]
  • Aspect ratio (W:H): 16:9[33]
  • Production code: 69421[34]
  • Costume designer: Jennifer von Mayrhauser[35]
  • Season: Law & Order, season 5[36]

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-09-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Imdb id → tt0629392
    Plex media key → 5d9c0e2ae264b7001fc77a01
    Director of photography → Constantine Makris
    Rotten tomatoes id → tv/law-and-order/s05/e21
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