Film · Documentary, War
The Memphis Belle (1944)
★ 6.7 · 45 votes45 minDocumentary, War1944
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.
- Director
- William Wyler
- Writers
- Lester Koenig, Jerome Chodorov, William Wyler
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Release date
- April 13, 1944
Cast
- Vince EvansHimself
- 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 KingdomHimself- Captain 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 MotherHerself- John P. QuinlanHimself
- 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. WinchellHimself - waist gunner on The Memphis Belle
- Stanley WrayHimself (group commander)
Arthur Kennedy(uncredited)- Robert MorganHimself (Pilot)
