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
U.S. Office of War Information
Paramount Pictures
The Memphis Belle
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: William Wyler, Jerome Chodorov, Lester Koenig
Director of Photography: Harold J. Tannenbaum, William H. Clothier, William V. Skall, William Wyler
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)
