633 Squadron

633 Squadron

102 mins | Drama, War | April 6, 1964

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.

633 Squadron

102 mins | Drama, War | April 6, 1964

633 Squadron
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.
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers The Mirisch Corporation
Original title 633 Squadron
Directors Ted Sturgis, Constance Willis, Walter Grauman
Writers Frederick E. Smith, James Clavell, Howard Koch

Cast

Cliff Robertson

as Wing Commander Roy Grant

George Chakiris

as Lieutenant Erik Bergman

Maria Perschy

as Hilde Bergman

Harry Andrews

as Air Vice-Marshal Davis

Donald Houston

as Group Captain Don Barrett

Michael Goodliffe

as Squadron Leader Frank Adams

John Meillon

as Flight Lieutenant Gillibrand

John Bonney

as Flight Lieutenant Scott

Angus Lennie

as Flying Officer Hoppy Hopkinson

Scot Finch

as Flying Officer Bissell

John Church

as Flying Officer Evans

Barbara Archer

as Rosie, barmaid at the Black Swan Inn

Sean Kelly

as Lieutenant Nigel

Julian Sherrier

as Flight Lieutenant Singh

Geoffrey Frederick

as Flight Lieutenant Frank

Johnny Briggs

as Lieutenant Jones

Suzan Farmer

as WAAF Sergeant Mary Blake / Bissell

Anne Ridler

as SS Interrogator

Peter Kriss

as Lieutenant Maner (uncredited)

Cavan Malone

as Ericson, Norwegian Resistance (uncredited)

Richard Shaw

as Johanson, Norwegian Resistance (uncredited)