Dunkirk

Dunkirk

134 mins | Drama, War | March 20, 1958

A British Corporal in France finds himself responsible for the lives of his men when their officer is killed. He has to get them back to Britain somehow. Meanwhile, British civilians are being dragged into the war with Operation Dynamo, the scheme to get the French and British forces back from the Dunkirk beaches. Some come forward to help, others were less willing.

Dunkirk

134 mins | Drama, War | March 20, 1958

Dunkirk
A British Corporal in France finds himself responsible for the lives of his men when their officer is killed. He has to get them back to Britain somehow. Meanwhile, British civilians are being dragged into the war with Operation Dynamo, the scheme to get the French and British forces back from the Dunkirk beaches. Some come forward to help, others were less willing.
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Ealing Studios
Original title Dunkirk
Directors Lee Turner, Michael Birkett, Leslie Norman
Writers J. S. Bradford, Ewan Butler, David Divine, W.P. Lipscomb, Trevor Dudley Smith

Cast

John Mills

as Cpl Tubby Binns

Richard Attenborough

as John Holden

Bernard Lee

as Charles Foreman

Robert Urquhart

as Mike

Ray Jackson

as Barlow

Ronald Hines

as Private Miles

Sean Barrett

as Frankie

Roland Curram

as Harper

Meredith Edwards

as Dave Bellman

Michael Bates

as Froome

Rodney Diak

as Pannet

Michael Shillo

as Jouvet

Eddie Byrne

as Commander (Tough's Yard)

Maxine Audley

as Diana

Lionel Jeffries

as Colonel (Medical Officer)

Victor Maddern

as Merchant Seaman

Anthony Nicholls

as Military Spokesman

Bud Flanagan

as Himself

Chesney Allen

as Himself

Kenneth Cope

as Lieutenant Lumpkin

Denys Graham

as Fraser

Barry Foster

as Don R

Warwick Ashton

as Battery Sergeant Major

Peter Halliday

as Battery Major

John Welsh

as Staff Colonel

Lloyd Lamble

as Staff Colonel

Cyril Raymond

as General The Viscount Gort V.C.

Nicholas Hannen

as Vice Admiral Ramsay

Michael Gwynn

as Commander (Sheerness)

Fred Griffiths

as Old Sweat

Dan Cressey

as Joe

Christopher Rhodes

as Sergeant on the beaches

Harry Landis

as Dr. Levy

John Horsley

as Padre

Patrick Allen

as Sergeant on Parade Ground

Liz Fraser

as Worker in Holden's Factory (uncredited)