The Memphis Belle (1944)

April 13, 1944 (US) • Documentary, War • 45m

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.

Director

William Wyler

Writers

Lester Koenig, Jerome Chodorov, William Wyler

Top Billed

Vince Evans

Keywords

world war ii u.s. air force aerial combat military airplane heroic mission flying fortress nazi germany wartime propaganda

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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)

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

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

(uncredited)

Robert Morgan

Himself (Pilot)

Crew

William Wyler

Director

Lester Koenig

Writer

Lynn Harrison

Editor

Gail Kubik

Music

Jerome Chodorov

Writer

William Wyler

Writer

William H. Clothier

Director of Photography

William Wyler

Director of Photography

William V. Skall

Director of Photography

Harold J. Tannenbaum

Director of Photography

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The Memphis Belle (1944)

Lester Koenig, Jerome Chodorov, William Wyler

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