This WW2 documentary centers on the crew of the American B-17 Flying Fortress Memphis Belle as it prepares to execute a strategic bombing raid on Nazi submarine pens in Wilhelmshaven, Germany.
Directed by
William Wyler
Written by
Lester Koenig, William Wyler, Jerome Chodorov
Arthur Kennedy
(uncredited)
King George VI of the United Kingdom
Himself
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
Herself
Vince Evans
Himself
Jacob L. Devers
Himself (commander, European theatre)
Ira C. Eaker
Himself (commander, 8th Air Force)
Haywood Hansell
Himself (USAAF)
Robert J. Hanson
Himself (radio operator on The Memphis Belle)
Eugene Kern
Narrator
Captain Charles B. Leighton
Himself (Navigator on the Memphis Belle)
Harold P. Loch
Himself (Engineer and top turret gunner on The Memphis Belle)
Casimer A. Nastal
Himself ( 19 year-old waist gunner on The Memphis Belle)
John P. Quinlan
Himself
Cecil H. Scott
Himself (turrett gunner and oldest crew member on The Memphis Belle)