Battle of Britain (1969)

Directed by:
Guy Hamilton

Written by:
Derek Dempster
Wilfred Greatorex
James Kennaway
Derek Wood

Plot:
It is 1940, and the diabolical mind of Adolf Hitler is planning to bomb England into submission to his warped dreams of a 'Fortress Europe'. Standing between Britain's freedom & Hitler's terrifying plans is the R.A.F - dedicated pilots who took to the skies again & again in the face of overwhelming odds. The German Luftwaffe's planes outnumber the R.A.F's by more than 2 to 1 - 650 planes of the R.A.F. vs. 2,500 of the Luftwaffe! These odds. however, do not deplete the determination of the R.A.F. to stop Hitler, and as the Luftwaffe launches wave after wave of Heinkel 111 bombers against British cities, the R.A.F. responds, under the leadership of Air Vice Marshal Park (Howard) and Squadron Leaders Canfield (Caine) and Harvey (Plummer) who lead the newest pilots of the R.A.F. into confrontation after confrontation with the Luftwaffe's experienced veterans, with the aim of driving Hitler's forces away from Dover's white cliffs for good...

Genres: Action / Drama / War
Countries: United Kingdom
Languages: English / French / German / Polish
Runtime: 133

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Cast:

Harry Andrews... Senior civil servant

Christopher Plummer (I)... Squadron Leader Colin Harvey

Michael Caine... Squadron Leader Canfield

Laurence Olivier... Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding

Edward Fox... Pilot Officer Archie

Trevor Howard... Air Vice Marshal Keith Park

Ian McShane... Sgt. Pilot Andy

James Cosmo... Jamie

Michael Redgrave... Air Vice Marshal Evill

Robert Shaw... Squadron Leader Skipper

Susannah York... Section Officer Maggie Harvey

Ralph Richardson... Sir David Kelly (British minister to Switzerland)