The Memphis Belle (1944)
NR45mApr 13, 1944Released6.7(44)
Fly and Fight with the Crew on an Actual Bombing Mission Over Germany!
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.
- Director
- William Wyler
- Writers
- Lester Koenig, Jerome Chodorov, William Wyler
V
Vince Evans
Himself
J
Jacob L. Devers
Himself (commander, European theatre)
I
Ira C. Eaker
Himself (commander, 8th Air Force)
H
Haywood Hansell
Himself (USAAF)
R
Robert J. Hanson
Himself (radio operator on The Memphis Belle)
E
Eugene Kern
Narrator
King George VI of the United Kingdom
Himself
C
Captain Charles B. Leighton
Himself (Navigator on the Memphis Belle)
H
Harold P. Loch
Himself (Engineer and top turret gunner on The Memphis Belle)
C
Casimer A. Nastal
Himself ( 19 year-old waist gunner on The Memphis Belle)
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
Herself
J
John P. Quinlan
Himself
