Never was so much owed by so many to so few.
In 1940, the Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle against the might of the Luftwaffe for control of the skies over Britain, thus preventing an attempted Nazi invasion.
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- classical in formformally daring
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Cast
- Harry AndrewsSenior Civil Servant
- Michael CaineSquadron Leader Canfield
- Trevor HowardAir Vice Marshal Keith Park
- Curd JürgensBaron von Richter
- Ian McShaneSgt. Pilot Andy
- Kenneth MoreGroup Capt. Baker
- Laurence OlivierAir Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding
- Nigel PatrickGroup Capt. Hope
- Christopher PlummerSquadron Leader Colin Harvey
- Michael RedgraveAir Vice Marshal Evill
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- Guy HamiltonDirector
- James KennawayScreenplay
- Wilfred GreatorexScreenplay
- Derek WoodNovel
- Derek DempsterNovel
- Freddie YoungDirector of Photography
- Ron GoodwinOriginal Music Composer
- Bert BatesEditor
- Harry SaltzmanProducer
- Benjamin FiszProducer
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