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.
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John Mills
Cpl Tubby Binns
Richard Attenborough
John Holden
Bernard Lee
Charles Foreman
Robert Urquhart
Mike
Ray Jackson
Barlow
Ronald Hines
Private Miles
Sean Barrett
Frankie
Roland Curram
Harper
Meredith Edwards
Dave Bellman
Michael Bates
Froome
Director
Leslie Norman
Screenplay
W.P. Lipscomb
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Production
Ealing Studios, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
John Chard
June 10, 2019
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 Hines. Music is by Malcolm Arnold and cinematography by Paul Beeson. "Dunkirk was a great defeat, and a great mira...
Peter McGinn
December 9, 2021
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 setting it up politically with newsreel clips and people discussing the “phony” war, this film shows the personal jou...
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