633 Squadron

Apr 6, 1964

1h 42m

★ 6.1

The greatest adventure since men fought on earth - or flew over it!

Overview

When Norwegian resistance leader Lieutenant Erik Bergman reports the location of a German V-2 rocket fuel plant, the Royal Air Force's 633 Squadron is assigned the mission to destroy it. The plant is in a seemingly-impregnable location beneath an overhanging cliff at the end of a long, narrow fjord lined with anti-aircraft guns. The only way to destroy the plant is by collapsing the cliff on top of it.

Genres

Drama

War

Production Companies

The Mirisch Company

633 Squadron Trailers

Cast

Wing Commander Roy Grant

Cliff Robertson

Lieutenant Erik Bergman

George Chakiris

Hilde Bergman

Maria Perschy

Air Vice-Marshal Davis

Harry Andrews

Group Captain Don Barrett

Donald Houston

Squadron Leader Frank Adams

Michael Goodliffe

Flight Lieutenant Gillibrand

John Meillon

Flight Lieutenant Scott

John Bonney

Flying Officer Hoppy Hopkinson

Angus Lennie

Flying Officer Bissell

Scot Finch

Flying Officer Evans

John Church

Rosie, barmaid at the Black Swan Inn

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