Movie Description
The Memphis Belle
(1944)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.
Featured Crew
- Director : William Wyler
- Writer : William Wyler,Jerome Chodorov,Lester Koenig
- Editor : Lynn Harrison
- Cast : Vince Evans,Jacob L. Devers,Ira C. Eaker,Haywood Hansell,Robert J. Hanson,Eugene Kern,King George VI of the United Kingdom,Captain Charles B. Leighton,Harold P. Loch,Casimer A. Nastal,Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother,John P. Quinlan,Cecil H. Scott,Captain James A. Verinis,Clarence E. Winchell,Stanley Wray,Arthur Kennedy,Robert Morgan
Cast
Himself
Himself (commander, European theatre)
Himself (commander, 8th Air Force)
Himself (USAAF)
Himself (radio operator on The Memphis Belle)
Narrator
Himself (Navigator on the Memphis Belle)
Himself (Engineer and top turret gunner on The Memphis Belle)
Himself ( 19 year-old waist gunner on The Memphis Belle)
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
Herself
Himself
Himself (turrett gunner and oldest crew member on The Memphis Belle)
Himself (Co-pilot on The Memphis Belle)
Himself - waist gunner on The Memphis Belle
Himself (group commander)
(uncredited)
Himself (Pilot)
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Facts
Original TitleThe Memphis Belle
Status Released
Release Information
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1944-04-13
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 00h 45m
Production CompaniesFirst Motion Pictures Unit US Army Air Forces,U.S. Office of War Information,Paramount Pictures
Genres
- Documentary
- War
