Dunkirk (1958)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

Leslie Norman

Writers:

J.S. Bradford (book)
Ewan Butler (book)

Release Date:

10 September 1958 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | History | War

Tagline:

Days That Shook the World! Victory Snatched From Disaster!

Plot:

Two stories in one - an easygoing British Corporal in France finds himself responsible for the lives of his men when their officer is killed...

Plot Keywords:

Ealing | WWII | Based On Play | Based On Novel

Cast

John Mills	...	Cpl. 'Tubby' Bins
Robert Urquhart	...	Pvt. Mike
Ray Jackson	...	Pvt. Barlow
Meredith Edwards	...	Pvt. Dave Bellman
Anthony Nicholls	...	Military spokesman
Bernard Lee	...	Charles Foreman (British newspaper reporter)
Michael Shillo	...	Jouvet (French newspaper reporter)
Richard Attenborough	...	John Holden (Heron owner)
Sean Barrett	...	Frankie, (Holden employee)
Victor Maddern	...	Merchant seaman in pub
Maxine Audley	...	Diana Foreman
Bud Flanagan	...	Himself - Music Hall Performer
Chesney Allen	...	Himself - Music Hall Performer
Kenneth Cope	...	Lt. Lumpkin
Denys Graham	...	Pvt. Fraser

Runtime:

134 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Colour:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

2.00 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

USA:Approved (PCA #18714) | Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:PG (video rating) (1994) | UK:U (original rating)

Filming Locations:

Camber Sands, Camber, East Sussex, England, UK

Company:

Ealing Studios

Trivia:

Last screen appearance of Joss Ambler.

Goofs:

Continuity: When the platoon come under air attack at the farm (and their officer is killed), the aircraft attacking them seen head on is a Blenheim, an RAF light bomber, where as the aircraft shown flying away is a German Junkers 88.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Forever Ealing (2002) (TV)

Bernard Cribbens

This site has a trivia comment section. For this film it states that Bernard Cribbens gets a credit but does not appear. I don't know what version of the film was released but Cribbens certainly appeared in the showing on TV this Christmas 2004. It was a brief appearance when the small boats were preparing to move down the coast to Sheerness. Cribbens is shown as a merchant or local fisherman aboard a small boat. Cribbens had one (slightly humorous?)line. Also, the bridge that is blown up is Teston bridge near Maidstone. But is Allington lock another location used ? I would be interested to learn if it was. Allington is not mentioned on this site.