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Dunkirk is a 1958 British war film directed by Leslie Norman that depicts the Dunkirk evacuation of World War II, and starring John Mills, Richard Attenborough, and Bernard Lee. The film is based on the novels The Big Pick-Up by Elleston Trevor and Dunkirk co-authored by Lt Col Ewan Butler and Major J. S. Bradford.
Dunkirk: Directed by Leslie Norman. With John Mills, Richard Attenborough, Bernard Lee, Robert Urquhart. A dramatization of the British Expeditionary Force's 1940 retreat to the beaches of France and the extraordinary seaborne evacuation that saved it from utter destruction by Nazi Germany.
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- Action, Drama, History
- Leslie Norman
- 1958-09-10
A group of soldiers lead by Corporal "Tubby" Bins (John Mills), stranded in France, must make their way to the shores of Dunkirk in hopes of a rescue. Back in Britain, Charles Foreman (Bernard...
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- John Mills
- Leslie Norman
- War
One of the most authentic cinematic representations of World War II, DUNKIRK recounts the dramatic events of Operation Dynamo, the Royal Navy’s evacuation of over 350,000 Allied troops from...
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- 8.1K
- Film Movement
In a straightforward, naturalistic style, Dunkirk (1958) depicted one of the most famous evacuations in military history when 330,000 British soldiers were retrieved from the beaches of northern France in 1940.
- Leslie Norman, Michael Berkett
- John Mills
Sep 5, 2017 · 5 reasons to watch the epic 1958 version of Dunkirk. Sixty years before Christopher Nolan’s epic, John Mills and Richard Attenborough starred in a blockbuster reconstruction of the Dunkirk story that lit up the box office and inspired The Smiths.
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The story of the famous evacuation of British forces from the beaches of Dunkirk in May and June 1940. Seen through the eyes of a squad of infantrymen, and their leader, Corporal Binns, in particular, as well as civilians who helped evacuate the soldiers.
