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Dunkirk (1958)

Dunkirk (1958)

Drama War
Release Date: 1958, March 20
Directors: Leslie Norman
Countries: United Kingdom
Production: Ealing Studios, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Cast: Eddie Byrne, John Horsley, Howard Lang, Bernard Lee, Harry Landis, Michael Bates, Richard Attenborough, Michael Brennan, Michael Gwynn, Sean Barrett, Anthony Nicholls, William Squire

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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