Die Memphis Belle - Die Geschichte einer fliegenden Festung (1944)
Die "Memphis Belle" war die berühmteste B-17 Bomber der amerikanischen Luftwaffe, der im zweiten Weltkrieg auf dem europäischen Kriegsschauplatz zum Einsatz kam. Er überlebte 25 Einsätze und brachte seine gesamte Besatzung zurück in die Staaten. Hollywood Regisseur William Wyler schilder den letzten Einsatz des Fliegers und der noch jungen Besatzung.
Der Regisseur: William Wyler
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Vince Evans as Himself |
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Jacob L. Devers as Himself (commander, European theatre) |
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Ira C. Eaker as Himself (commander, 8th Air Force) |
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Haywood Hansell as Himself (USAAF) |
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Robert J. Hanson as Himself (radio operator on The Memphis Belle) |
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Eugene Kern as Narrator |
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King George VI of the United Kingdom as Himself |
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Captain Charles B. Leighton as Himself (Navigator on the Memphis Belle) |
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Harold P. Loch as Himself (Engineer and top turret gunner on The Memphis Belle) |
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Casimer A. Nastal as Himself ( 19 year-old waist gunner on The Memphis Belle) |
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Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother as Herself |
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John P. Quinlan as Himself |
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Cecil H. Scott as Himself (turrett gunner and oldest crew member on The Memphis Belle) |
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Captain James A. Verinis as Himself (Co-pilot on The Memphis Belle) |
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Clarence E. Winchell as Himself - waist gunner on The Memphis Belle |
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Stanley Wray as Himself (group commander) |
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Arthur Kennedy as (uncredited) |
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Robert Morgan as Himself (Pilot) |
| Directing | William Wyler | Director |
| Writing | Lester Koenig | Writer |
| Editing | Lynn Harrison | Editor |
| Sound | Gail Kubik | Music |
| Writing | Jerome Chodorov | Writer |
| Writing | William Wyler | Writer |
| Camera | William H. Clothier | Director of Photography |
| Camera | William Wyler | Director of Photography |
| Camera | William V. Skall | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Harold J. Tannenbaum | Director of Photography |
