
Release Date
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Original Release
April 13, 1944
0h 45m
The Memphis Belle (1944)
β 6.645 min
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.
Director

William Wyler
Department: Directing
βPopularity: 1.2
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
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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)
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Genres
DocumentaryWar
Production Companies
First Motion Pictures Unit US Army Air ForcesU.S. Office of War Information
Paramount Pictures




