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6.8A 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.
Released: 1958-03-20134 minDir: Leslie NormanDrama, War
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Cast
- John Mills as Cpl Tubby Binns
- Richard Attenborough as John Holden
- Bernard Lee as Charles Foreman
- Robert Urquhart as Mike
- Ray Jackson as Barlow
- Ronald Hines as Private Miles
Themes
- sacrifice
- world war ii
- evacuation
- based on true story
- survival
- dunkirk
- normandy
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- war film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- World War II
- Director
- Leslie Norman
- Cast member
- Eddie Byrne
- Composer
- Malcolm Arnold
- Producer
- Michael Balcon
- Production company
- Ealing Studios
- Narrative location
- France
- Duration
- 135
- FilmAffinity ID
- 961662
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1958-10-31
- distributed by
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- title
- Dunkirk
- color
- black-and-white
- review score
- 6.9/10
- capital cost
- 400000
- box office
- 310000
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