The Memphis Belle
Fly and Fight with the Crew on an Actual Bombing Mission Over Germany!
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.
Crew and Cast
William WylerDirectorVince Evans
Jacob L. DeversHimself (commander · European theatre)
Ira C. EakerHimself (commander · 8th Air Force)
Haywood HansellHimself (USAAF)
Robert J. HansonHimself (radio operator on The Memphis Belle)
Eugene KernNarrator
King George VI of the United KingdomCaptain Charles B. LeightonHimself (Navigator on the Memphis Belle)
Harold P. LochHimself (Engineer and top turret gunner on The Memphis Belle)
Casimer A. NastalHimself ( 19 year-old waist gunner on The Memphis Belle)
Queen Elizabeth the Queen MotherJohn P. Quinlan
Cecil H. ScottHimself (turrett gunner and oldest crew member on The Memphis Belle)
Captain James A. VerinisHimself (Co-pilot on The Memphis Belle)
Clarence E. Winchellwaist gunner on The Memphis Belle
Stanley WrayHimself (group commander)
Arthur KennedyRobert MorganHimself (Pilot)
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Info
- Status
- Released
- Released
- 13 April 1944
- Runtime
- 45m
- Rating
- NR
- TMDB score
- 6.7 / 10 (45 votes)
Production
- Director
- William Wyler
- Writers
- William Wyler, Jerome Chodorov, Lester Koenig
- Studios
- First Motion Pictures Unit US Army Air Forces, U.S. Office of War Information, Paramount Pictures
- Countries
- United States of America
Languages
- Original
- English
- Spoken
- English