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The Memphis Belle(1944)

Fly and Fight with the Crew on an Actual Bombing Mission Over Germany!

6.7(44)45m1944-04-13

DocumentaryWar

Overview

This WW2 documentary centers on the crew of the American B-17 Flying Fortress Memphis Belle as it prepares to execute a strategic bombing raid on Nazi submarine pens in Wilhelmshaven, Germany.

Director:: William Wyler
Writers:: Lester Koenig, Jerome Chodorov, William Wyler
Cinematographer:: William H. Clothier
Production:: First Motion Pictures Unit US Army Air Forces, U.S. Office of War Information, Paramount Pictures
Status:: Released

Cast

Vince Evans

Vince Evans

Himself

Jacob L. Devers

Jacob L. Devers

Himself (commander, European theatre)

Ira C. Eaker

Ira C. Eaker

Himself (commander, 8th Air Force)

Haywood Hansell

Haywood Hansell

Himself (USAAF)

Robert J. Hanson

Robert J. Hanson

Himself (radio operator on The Memphis Belle)

Eugene Kern

Eugene Kern

Narrator

King George VI of the United Kingdom

King George VI of the United Kingdom

Himself

Captain Charles B. Leighton

Captain Charles B. Leighton

Himself (Navigator on the Memphis Belle)

Harold P. Loch

Harold P. Loch

Himself (Engineer and top turret gunner on The Memphis Belle)

Casimer A. Nastal

Casimer A. Nastal

Himself ( 19 year-old waist gunner on The Memphis Belle)

Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother

Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother

Herself

John P. Quinlan

John P. Quinlan

Himself