The Memphis Belle

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The Memphis Belle

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

1944 • 0h 45m • ★ 6.6 (42 votes) Released

Documentary War

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

Writer

Lester Koenig

Writer

Jerome Chodorov

Writer

William Wyler

Rating

6.6

Runtime

45 min

Production

First Motion Pictures Unit US Army Air Forces

U.S. Office of War Information

Paramount Pictures

Paramount Pictures

Top Billed 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

King George VI of the United Kingdom

Himself

Captain Charles B. Leighton

Himself (Navigator on the Memphis Belle)

Harold P. Loch

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

Casimer A. Nastal

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

Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother

Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother

Herself

John P. Quinlan

Himself

Cecil H. Scott

Himself (turrett gunner and oldest crew member on The Memphis Belle)

Captain James A. Verinis

Himself (Co-pilot on The Memphis Belle)

Clarence E. Winchell

Himself - waist gunner on The Memphis Belle

Stanley Wray

Himself (group commander)

Arthur Kennedy

Arthur Kennedy

(uncredited)

Robert Morgan

Himself (Pilot)

Keywords

world war iiu.s. air forceaerial combatmilitary airplaneheroic missionflying fortressnazi germanywartime propaganda