The Memphis Belle
Fly and Fight with the Crew on an Actual Bombing Mission Over Germany!
1944 | 45m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | William Wyler |
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| Writer: | William Wyler, Jerome Chodorov, Lester Koenig |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Apr 13, 1944 |
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| Director: | William Wyler |
| Writer: | William Wyler, Jerome Chodorov, Lester Koenig |
| Genres: | War, Documentary |
| Keywords | u.s. air force, aerial combat, military airplane, heroic mission, flying fortress, nazi germany, wartime propaganda |
| Production Companies | Paramount Pictures, U.S. Office of War Information, First Motion Pictures Unit US Army Air Forces |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 (Update) Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Vince Evans | Himself |
| Jacob L. Devers | Himself (commander, European theatre) |
| Ira C. Eaker | Himself (commander, 8th Air Force) |
| Haywood Hansell | Himself (USAAF) |
| Robert J. Hanson | Himself (radio operator on The Memphis Belle) |
| Eugene Kern | Narrator |
| King George VI of the United Kingdom | Himself |
| Captain Charles B. Leighton | Himself (Navigator on the Memphis Belle) |
| Harold P. Loch | Himself (Engineer and top turret gunner on The Memphis Belle) |
| Casimer A. Nastal | Himself ( 19 year-old waist gunner on The Memphis Belle) |
| Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother | Herself |
| John P. Quinlan | Himself |
| Cecil H. Scott | Himself (turrett gunner and oldest crew member on The Memphis Belle) |
| Captain James A. Verinis | Himself (Co-pilot on The Memphis Belle) |
| Clarence E. Winchell | Himself - waist gunner on The Memphis Belle |
| Stanley Wray | Himself (group commander) |
| Arthur Kennedy | (uncredited) |
| Robert Morgan | Himself (Pilot) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| William Wyler | Writer, Director of Photography, Director |
| William H. Clothier | Director of Photography |
| Jerome Chodorov | Writer |
| Lynn Harrison | Editor |
| Lester Koenig | Writer |
| Gail Kubik | Music |
| William V. Skall | Director of Photography |
| Harold J. Tannenbaum | Director of Photography |
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