Movie
Memphis Belle
Overview
The "Memphis Belle" is a World War II bomber, piloted by a young crew on dangerous bombing raids into Europe. The crew only have to make one more bombing raid before they have finished their duty and can go home. In the briefing before their last flight, the crew discover that the target for the day is Bremen.
Details
- Release date
- 1990-09-07
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Genres
- Drama, War, Action
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Warner Bros. Pictures, Enigma Productions, Fujisankei Communications Group, British Satellite Broadcasting, NatWest Ventures, The Bountiful Company
- Country
- Japan, United Kingdom, United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Matthew Modine as Dennis Dearborn
- Eric Stoltz as Danny Daly
- Tate Donovan as Luke Sinclair
- D. B. Sweeney as Phil Lowenthal
- Billy Zane as Val Kozlowski
- Sean Astin as Richard "Rascal" Moore
- Harry Connick Jr. as Clay Busby
- Bradley Lavelle as Sergeant
- Reed Diamond as Virgil Hoogesteger
- Courtney Gains as Eugene McVey
- Neil Giuntoli as Jack Bocci
- David Strathairn as Craig Harriman
Crew
- Michael Caton-Jones - Director
- Monte Merrick - Screenplay
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