Battle of Britain

Battle of Britain

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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 the Nazi invasion of Britain.

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Harry Andrews

Senior Civil Servant

Michael Caine

Squadron Leader Canfield

Trevor Howard

Air Vice Marshal Keith Park

Curd Jürgens

Baron von Richter

Ian McShane

Sgt. Pilot Andy

Kenneth More

Group Capt. Baker

Laurence Olivier

Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding

Nigel Patrick

Group Capt. Hope

Christopher Plummer

Squadron Leader Colin Harvey

Michael Redgrave

Air Vice Marshal Evill

Ralph Richardson

Sir David Kelly - British Minister to Switzerland

Robert Shaw

Squadron Leader Skipper

Patrick Wymark

Air Vice Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory

Susannah York

Section Officer Maggie Harvey

Michael Bates

Warrant Officer Warwick

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Release dateSep 15 1969

Runtime2 hours 12 minutes

Official siteVisit here

LanguagesGerman, French, Polish, English

Production companiesSpitfire Productions, United Artists

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