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.
- 6.8
- 1958
- Released
- 2h 14m
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
Rodney Diak
Pannet
Michael Shillo
Jouvet
Eddie Byrne
Commander (Tough's Yard)
Maxine Audley
Diana
Lionel Jeffries
Colonel (Medical Officer)
Victor Maddern
Merchant Seaman
Anthony Nicholls
Military SpokesmanBud Flanagan
HimselfChesney Allen
Himself
Kenneth Cope
Lieutenant Lumpkin
Denys Graham
Fraser
Barry Foster
Don RWarwick Ashton
Battery Sergeant Major
Peter Halliday
Battery Major
John Welsh
Staff Colonel
Lloyd Lamble
Staff Colonel
Cyril Raymond
General The Viscount Gort V.C.
Nicholas Hannen
Vice Admiral Ramsay
Patricia Plunkett
Grace
Michael Gwynn
Commander (Sheerness)
Fred Griffiths
Old SweatDan Cressey
Joe
Christopher Rhodes
Sergeant on the beaches
Harry Landis
Dr. Levy
John Horsley
Padre
Patrick Allen
Sergeant on Parade Ground
Liz Fraser
Worker in Holden's Factory (uncredited)
Michael Brennan
Paddle Steamer Captain (uncredited)
Bernard Cribbins
Thirsty Sailor (uncredited)
John G. Heller
German Soldier (uncredited)
John Phillips
Boat Owner Spokesman (uncredited)
William Squire
Captain (uncredited)
Tim Turner
Officer (line of men in sea) (uncredited)
Howard Lang
Chief - Sheerness Dockyard (uncredited)
Released
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- #sacrifice
- #world war ii
- #evacuation
- #based on true story
- #survival
- #black and white
- #dunkirk
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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
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