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Dunkirk is a British film of genre Drama directed by Leslie Norman released in USA on 25 march 1958 with John Mills

Dunkirk (1958)

Dunkirk
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Released in USA 25 march 1958
Length 2h14
Directed by
Genres Drama,    War,    Action,    Historical
Rating70% 3.544633.544633.544633.544633.54463

Dunkirk is a 1958 British war film that was directed by Leslie Norman and starring John Mills, Richard Attenborough and Bernard Lee. It was based on two novels: Elleston Trevor's The Big Pick-Up and Lt. Col. Ewan Hunter and Maj. J. S. Bradford's Dunkirk.

Synopsis

The film relates the story of Operation Dynamo, the evacuation of surrounded British and French troops from the beaches of Dunkirk. It does so principally from the viewpoints of two people: a newspaper reporter and a soldier.

Actors

John Mills

(Cpl Tubby Binns)Richard Attenborough

(John Holden)Bernard Lee

(Charles Foreman)Robert Urquhart

(Mike)Meredith Edwards

(Dave Bellman)
And :
Bernard Cribbins
Anthony Nicholls
Seán Barrett
Victor Maddern
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