Laurence Olivier
Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding
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Battle of Britain is a 1969 British war film directed by Guy Hamilton, and produced by Harry Saltzman and S. Benjamin Fisz. The film documents the events of the Battle of Britain. The film drew many respected British actors to accept roles as key figures of the battle, including Laurence Olivier as Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding, Trevor ...
- $13 million
- $14 million
Battle of Britain: Directed by Guy Hamilton. With Harry Andrews, Michael Caine, Trevor Howard, Curd Jürgens. In 1940, the British Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle to prevent the Luftwaffe from gaining air superiority over the English Channel as a prelude to a possible Axis invasion of the U.K.
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- Action, Drama, History
- Guy Hamilton
- 1969-10-24
Cast (in credits order) verified as complete. Harry Andrews. ... Senior Civil Servant. Michael Caine. ... Squadron Leader Canfield. Trevor Howard.
The climactic air battle of 15 September 1940 arrives, with Winston Churchill in attendance at 11 Group's operations room. In the underground bunker, British ground control personnel order every squadron into the air to meet the massive attack. Intense combat over the London sky follows, with both sides taking heavy losses.
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Battle Of Britain, The (1969) -- (Movie Clip) To Stem The German Invasion Director Guy Hamilton getting his money’s worth in his introduction of Laurence Olivier (himself a navy pilot in WWII) as the popular Air Chief Marshal Hugh Dowding, who himself served as a consultant on the film, reading from a real letter advocating an unpopular position, confronting Harry Andrews, early in Battle Of ...
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