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The Memphis Belle

(1944)

April 13, 1944 0h 45m
66%
TMDB Score

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.

William Wyler

Director

Top Billed Cast

VE

Vince Evans

Himself

JLD

Jacob L. Devers

Himself (commander, European theatre)

ICE

Ira C. Eaker

Himself (commander, 8th Air Force)

HH

Haywood Hansell

Himself (USAAF)

RJH

Robert J. Hanson

Himself (radio operator on The Memphis Belle)

EK

Eugene Kern

Narrator

KGVotUK

King George VI of the United Kingdom

Himself

CCBL

Captain Charles B. Leighton

Himself (Navigator on the Memphis Belle)

HPL

Harold P. Loch

Himself (Engineer and top turret gunner on The Memphis Belle)

CAN

Casimer A. Nastal

Himself ( 19 year-old waist gunner on The Memphis Belle)