In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944 (1992)
A documentary, using dramatization of fact, that examines the Battle of Verrières Ridge, where on July 25, 1944 and not long after D-Day, an inexperienced battalion of the Canadian Black Watch Regiment launched a doomed attack and was defeated with heavy casualties by veteran German SS troops. Part of "The Valour and the Horror" mini series.
Director: Brian McKenna
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Terence McKenna as Narrator |
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Roman Jarymowycz as interviewer |
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Jacques Dextraze as Self (Fusiliers Mont-Royal) |
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Sydney Radley-Walters as Self (Sherbrooke Regiment) |
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Patrick Goyette as Joseph Le Boutillier |
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Nicholas Campbell as Guy Simonds |
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Adrian Hough as German Officer |
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Wayne Robson as Donald Pearce |
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Nigel Bennett as Kurt Meyer |
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Stewart Arnott as Harry Foster |
| Writing | Roman Jarymowycz | Writer |
| Production | Roman Jarymowycz | Producer's Assistant |
| Editing | Alfonso Peccia | Editor |
| Writing | Terence McKenna | Writer |
| Production | Adam Symansky | Producer |
| Art | Robert Hackborn | Art Direction |
| Production | Arnie Gelbart | Producer |
| Crew | Neville Ottey | Cinematography |
| Writing | Brian McKenna | Writer |
| Directing | Brian McKenna | Director |
