Purple Hearts is a 1984 war film directed by Sidney J. Furie and starring Ken Wahl and Cheryl Ladd.

[1] Over a hundred actresses auditioned for the part of Deborah Solomon, until Cheryl Ladd was suggested, leading Furie to hire her on the spot following a cold reading.

[1] Purple Hearts received mostly currently holds a 20% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes from 5 reviews, with common points of criticism being the lack of chemistry between Wahl and Ladd, or too much of a reliance on coincidence and convenience in the plotting.

[4][3] In his review for the Chicago Sun-Times, Roger Ebert awarded the film half a star, writing, "This isn't war, this is bad plotting.

[5] In her review for The New York Times, Janet Maslin wrote Purple Hearts had "an ending so contrived it may make your teeth ache.".