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17/02/1953 War, Drama 1h 36m
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Overview

Wing-commander Tim Mason leads a squadron of Lancaster bombers on almost nightly raids from England. Having flown eighty-seven missions he will shortly be retiring from flying, but the strain is showing. He tries to make sure his men concentrate only on their job and so keeps women away from the base, but then he himself meets naval officer Eve Canyon.

  1. Philip Leacock

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Dirk Bogarde

    Tim Mason

  2. Ian Hunter

    Logan

  3. Dinah Sheridan

    Eve Canyon

  4. Bryan Forbes

    The Brat

  5. Walter Fitzgerald

    Mulvaney

  6. Bill Kerr

    Bill Brown

  7. William Sylvester

    Mac

  8. Anne Leon

    Pam Greeno

  9. Charles Victor

    Dobbie

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Reviews

A review by John Chard
Written by John Chard on 2015-03-01
Bally Good Show.

It has something of an inauspicious title, in that it doesn't do justice to the film making craft and subject matter on offer here in Phillip Leacock's film.

Leacock and his lead man, the splendidly regal Dirk Bogarde, produce a war film of undoubted human depth. There's no sledge hammer tactics to try and curry favour with the critics and film goers alike, no clichés bogging the narrative down, this is an honest to goodness telling of the emotional trials, strains, fears and peeves of a Bomber Command Squadron in England preparing for a mission during WWII 1943. Even ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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