| Release Date: | Mar 1958 |
|---|---|
| Genres: | War / History / Drama |
| Runtime: | 134 min |
| 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...) 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) Barry Foster (Don R) Warwick Ashton (Battery sergeant major in France) Peter Halliday (Battery major in France) Ronald Hines (Pvt. Miles (battery crew)) Roland Curram (Pvt. Harper (battery crew)) John Welsh (Staff colonel) Lloyd Lamble (Staff colonel) Cyril Raymond (Gen. Viscount Gort, VC) Nicholas Hannen (Vice-Adm. Ramsey at Dover) Eddie Byrne (Commander (Tough's Yard)) Patricia Plunkett (Grace Holden) Michael Gwynn (Commander at Sheerness) Michael Bates (Froome) Rodney Diak (Pannet) Fred Griffiths (Old Sweet) Dan Gressy (Joe) Christopher Rhodes (Sergeant on the beaches) Lionel Jeffries (Medical colonel) Harry Landis (Dr. Lt. Levy) John Horsley (Padre) Patrick Allen (Sergeant on parade ground) Joss Ambler (Small boat owner (uncredited)) Neville Chamberlain (Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)) Winston Churchill (Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)) Bernard Cribbins (Thirsty sailor (uncredited)) Liz Fraser (Worker in Holden's factory. (uncredited)) Barry Keegan (Surgeon left behind (uncredited)) Sam Kydd ((uncredited)) Frederick Piper (Small boat owner (uncredited)) Michael Shepley (Bit Role (uncredited)) Harold Siddons (Doctor (uncredited)) William Squire (Captain (uncredited)) Charles 'Bud' Tingwell (Sergeant in cookhouse beside battery...) Tim Turner (Officer (line of men in sea)...) Mona Washbourne (Worker who speaks to Holden in his...) Peter Williams (Officer at Ramsey's H.Q. (uncredited)) |
Two stories in one - an easygoing 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 are less willing.
