Le Memphis Belle, l’histoire d’une forteresse volante (1944)
The Memphis Belle
Réalisateur : William Wyler
Scénaristes : Jerome Chodorov, Lester Koenig, William Wyler
Genres : Documentaire, Guerre
38 minutes
Status : Released
Langue : English
Pays : United States of America
Sociétés de production : Paramount Pictures, U.S. Office of War Information, First Motion Pictures Unit US Army Air Forces
Synopsis
Ce documentaire tourné sur le vif raconte la dernière mission de bombardements sur l’Allemagne du « Memphis Belle » et de ses vétérans. Un des opérateurs de Wyler fut tué lors du tournage.
- Vince Evans - Himself
- Jacob L. Devers - Himself (commander, European theatre)
- Ira C. Eaker - Himself (commander, 8th Air Force)
- Haywood Hansell - Himself (USAAF)
- Robert J. Hanson - Himself (radio operator on The Memphis Belle)
- Eugene Kern - Narrator
- King George VI of the United Kingdom - Himself
- Captain Charles B. Leighton - Himself (Navigator on the Memphis Belle)
- Harold P. Loch - Himself (Engineer and top turret gunner on The Memphis Belle)
- Casimer A. Nastal - Himself ( 19 year-old waist gunner on The Memphis Belle)
- Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother - Herself
- John P. Quinlan - Himself
- Cecil H. Scott - Himself (turrett gunner and oldest crew member on The Memphis Belle)
- Captain James A. Verinis - Himself (Co-pilot on The Memphis Belle)
- Clarence E. Winchell - Himself - waist gunner on The Memphis Belle
- Stanley Wray - Himself (group commander)
- Arthur Kennedy - (uncredited)
- Robert Morgan - Himself (Pilot)
