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Dunkirk
Film / 1958

Dunkirk

Directed by Leslie Norman
DramaWar

★ 6.9/10Audience rating

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.

The story

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.

Cast

John MillsCpl Tubby Binns Richard AttenboroughJohn Holden Bernard LeeCharles Foreman Robert UrquhartMike Ray JacksonBarlow Ronald HinesPrivate Miles Sean BarrettFrankie Roland CurramHarper Meredith EdwardsDave Bellman Michael BatesFroome Rodney DiakPannet Michael ShilloJouvet
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Eddie ByrneCommander (Tough's Yard) Maxine AudleyDiana Lionel JeffriesColonel (Medical Officer) Victor MaddernMerchant Seaman Anthony NichollsMilitary Spokesman Bud FlanaganHimself Chesney AllenHimself Kenneth CopeLieutenant Lumpkin Denys GrahamFraser Barry FosterDon R Warwick AshtonBattery Sergeant Major Peter HallidayBattery Major John WelshStaff Colonel Lloyd LambleStaff Colonel Cyril RaymondGeneral The Viscount Gort V.C. Nicholas HannenVice Admiral Ramsay Patricia PlunkettGrace Michael GwynnCommander (Sheerness) Fred GriffithsOld Sweat Dan CresseyJoe Christopher RhodesSergeant on the beaches Harry LandisDr. Levy John HorsleyPadre Patrick AllenSergeant on Parade Ground Liz FraserWorker in Holden's Factory (uncredited) Michael BrennanPaddle Steamer Captain (uncredited) Bernard CribbinsThirsty Sailor (uncredited) John G. HellerGerman Soldier (uncredited) John PhillipsBoat Owner Spokesman (uncredited) William SquireCaptain (uncredited) Tim TurnerOfficer (line of men in sea) (uncredited) Howard LangChief - Sheerness Dockyard (uncredited)

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