The Memphis Belle

1944 6.7 (39 votes) 0h 45m

Genres

Documentary War

Production Companies

First Motion Pictures Unit US Army Air Forces
U.S. Office of War Information
Paramount Pictures

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

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.

Key Crew

Director: William Wyler

Writer: Lester Koenig, Jerome Chodorov, William Wyler

Director of Photography: William H. Clothier, William Wyler, William V. Skall, Harold J. Tannenbaum

Top Cast

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

Himself

Captain Charles B. Leighton

Himself (Navigator on the Memphis Belle)

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