The Memphis Belle (1944)
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.
- Released
- 1944-04-13
- Genres
- Documentary, War
- Runtime
- 45 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- William Wyler
- TMDB rating
- 6.7/10 from 45 votes
Cast
- Vince Evans as Himself
- Jacob L. Devers as Himself (commander, European theatre)
- Ira C. Eaker as Himself (commander, 8th Air Force)
- Haywood Hansell as Himself (USAAF)
- Robert J. Hanson as Himself (radio operator on The Memphis Belle)
- Eugene Kern as Narrator
- King George VI of the United Kingdom as Himself
- Captain Charles B. Leighton as Himself (Navigator on the Memphis Belle)
- Harold P. Loch as Himself (Engineer and top turret gunner on The Memphis Belle)
- Casimer A. Nastal as Himself ( 19 year-old waist gunner on The Memphis Belle)
- Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother as Herself
- John P. Quinlan as Himself
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