Overview:
A British Corporal in France finds himself responsible for the lives of his men when their officer is killed. He has to get them back to Britain somehow. Meanwhile, British civilians are being dragged into the war with Operation Dynamo, the scheme to get the French and British forces back from the Dunkirk beaches. Some come forward to help, others were less willing.| Status: | Released (1958-03-20) |
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| Screen: | Elleston Trevor, Ewan Butler, J.S. Bradford |
| Productions: | Ealing Studios, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Production Countries: | United Kingdom |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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- 11859: John Mills - Cpl Tubby Binns
- 4786: Richard Attenborough - John Holden
- 9874: Bernard Lee - Charles Foreman
- 30187: Robert Urquhart - Mike
- 1166051: Ray Jackson - Barlow
- 153148: Ronald Hines - Private Miles
- 201459: Sean Barrett - Frankie
Crews
- 67777: Trevor Dudley-Smith - Novel - Writing
- 1168033: David Divine - Screenplay - Writing
- 82334: Leslie Norman - Director - Directing
- 293939: W.P. Lipscomb - Screenplay - Writing
- 232013: Norman Priggen - Unit Production Manager - Production
- 1650687: Lee Turner - Continuity - Directing
- 3384340: Ewan Butler - Technical Advisor - Crew
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Reviews
John Chard
Review text:
It may be a phoney war to you, but it's not to all the blokes at sea. Never has been. Dunkirk is directed by Leslie Norman and adapted to screenplay by David Divine and W.P. Lipscomb. It stars John Mills, Richard Attenborough, Bernard Lee, Robert Urquhart, Ray Jackson and Robert H ....
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This is an excellent war movie, especially considering it is from 1958. It has aged well. Today’s war movies are more visually impressive, of course, with the special effects that make it seem like you are witnessing the real thing. This version can’t match all that, but except for s ....
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