CinemaOSMovie · 1944 · 0h 45m · NR

The Memphis Belle

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

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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.

Directed byWilliam Wyler

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Status
Released
Runtime
0h 45m
Language
EN
Released
April 13, 1944
Studios
Paramount PicturesFirst Motion Pictures Unit US Army Air ForcesU.S. Office of War Information

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring

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

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)

Creative team
Directed by
William Wyler
William Wyler
Written by
Lester Koenig
Jerome Chodorov

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