Dunkirk (1958)

03/20/1958Drama, War2h 14m
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Overview

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.

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  1. Cast 1

    John Mills

    Cpl Tubby Binns

  2. Cast 1

    Richard Attenborough

    John Holden

  3. Cast 1

    Bernard Lee

    Charles Foreman

  4. Cast 1

    Robert Urquhart

    Mike

  5. Cast 1

    Ray Jackson

    Barlow

  6. Cast 1

    Ronald Hines

    Private Miles

  7. Cast 1

    Sean Barrett

    Frankie

  8. Cast 1

    Roland Curram

    Harper

  9. Cast 1

    Meredith Edwards

    Dave Bellman

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 journey of Dunkirk. The home front, soldiers caught behind the rapidly shifting line of battle, and later on the masses of soldiers on the beaches waiting for the civilian “navy” who lent their boats and...

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Original LanguageEnglish 

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