Dunkirk (film)
The film relates the story of Operation Dynamo, the evacuation of surrounded English and French troops from the beaches of Dunkirk. It does so principally from the viewpoints of two people: a newspaper reporter and a soldier.
"Tubby" Bins, a British corporal (Mills) is trying to get his men to Dunkirk, where they, the rest of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) and thousands of French soldiers hope to be evacuated. After their officer is killed in a bomber attack, it is up to Tubby to keep his demoralized charges motivated. They eventually get a lift in a RAF lorry and make it to the beaches.
Parallel to this action is the story of Charles Foreman (Lee), a cynical journalist who is trying to raise morale amongst his depressed readers. When the Admiralty commandeers his motorboat to aid the evacuation from Dunkirk, Foreman is inspired to volunteer his services and take the boat across the Channel himself, despite warnings of the danger. A friend, Holden (Attenborough), a motor engineer and successful businessman does the same, albeit reluctantly. Taking part in the rescue are ships of the Royal Navy and hundreds of civilian vessels of all shapes and sizes - "The Little Ships".
On the beaches
of Dunkirk, Foreman and Tubby meet, but Foreman is fatally wounded in an attack
by German aeroplanes. Although Foreman's boat is wrecked, Holden's Heron makes
it safely to Britain.
Tagline : Days That Shook the World! Victory Snatched From Disaster!
Cast
John
Mills - Cpl. 'Tubby' Bins
Robert Urquhart - Pvt. Mike
Ray Jackson
- Pvt. Barlow
Meredith Edwards - Pvt. Dave Bellman
Anthony Nicholls
- Military spokesman
Bernard Lee - Charles Foreman (British newspaper
reporter)
Michael Shillo - Jouvet (French newspaper reporter)
Richard
Attenborough - John Holden (Heron owner)
Sean Barrett - Frankie, (Holden
employee)
Victor Maddern - Merchant seaman in pub
Maxine Audley -
Diana Foreman
Bud Flanagan - Himself - Music Hall Performer
Chesney
Allen - Himself - Music Hall Performer
Kenneth Cope - Lt. Lumpkin
Denys Graham - Pvt. Fraser
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