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The Memphis Belle

6.7Apr 13, 19440h 45mDocumentaryWar

Directed by William Wyler

Written by Lester Koenig, Jerome Chodorov, William Wyler

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.

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Cast

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Vince Evans

Himself

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Jacob L. Devers

Himself (commander, European theatre)

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Ira C. Eaker

Himself (commander, 8th Air Force)

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Haywood Hansell

Himself (USAAF)

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Robert J. Hanson

Himself (radio operator on The Memphis Belle)

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Eugene Kern

Narrator

King George VI of the United Kingdom

King George VI of the United Kingdom

Himself

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Captain Charles B. Leighton

Himself (Navigator on the Memphis Belle)

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Harold P. Loch

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

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Casimer A. Nastal

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

Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother

Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother

Herself

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John P. Quinlan

Himself

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