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Memphis Belle (1990)

 -  Action | Drama | War  -  12 October 1990 (USA)
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It's May 1943 at a US Air Force base in England. The four officers and six enlisted men of the Memphis Belle - a B-17 bomber so nicknamed for the girlfriend of its stern and stoic captain, ... See full summary »

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Les (as Mac Macdonald)
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It's May 1943 at a US Air Force base in England. The four officers and six enlisted men of the Memphis Belle - a B-17 bomber so nicknamed for the girlfriend of its stern and stoic captain, Dennis Dearborn - will soon start their twenty-fifth mission, having completed their previous twenty-four successfully with nary an incident, while fewer and fewer other planes are coming back from their missions at all. If they complete their next mission successfully, they will be the first US Air Force squad to complete their tour of duty. Visiting communications officer Lt. Col. Bruce Derringer wants to publicize and highly tout their accomplishment, even before it happens, as a long term good news campaign at a time when there is little good news to report. Derringer's plan is against the wishes of the base commander, Col. Craig Harriman, who would prefer to treat the ten as any of his other hard working men. The previous success of the Memphis Belle is despite the disparate natures of the ten ... Written by Huggo

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crew | bomber | bombing | b 17 bomber | crooner | See more »

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Action | Drama | War

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Release Date:

12 October 1990 (USA)  »

Also Known As:

A Bela Memphis  »

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Budget:

$23,000,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$27,441,977 (USA)
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Trivia

In the movie, the last mission of the "Memphis Belle" is a daylight mission flown on 17 March 1943. The Dam Busters is about an RAF mission that was flown on the preceding night, 16/17 March, 1943. See more »

Goofs

Numerous errors to do with bombsight aiming and timing, and course corrections. See more »

Quotes

[Danny takes a picture of jack shaving]
Sgt. Jack Bocci: Awwwww No! I can see it, I get back home, I'm doin' it to the wife, the door breaks open and theres Danny takin' a picture!
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Edited into Dark Blue World (2001) See more »

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"Flying Home"
Written by Benny Goodman and Lionel Hampton
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A Hollywoodized version of a true story
22 June 2002 | by (Orange County, CA USA) – See all my reviews

"Memphis Belle" tells of the last combat mission of a legendary WWII B-17 bomber and her crew. The film is Hollywoodized for entertainment value and doesn't square with history on many counts including a fully fictionalized crew. Nonetheless, the film is offers a good cast, good drama, plenty of suspense and action, and imparts some sense of the daring and danger involved in the Belle's mission #25 and daylight Army Air Corps raids over Western Europe. Worth a look for those unfamiliar with the sacrifices of the air combat crews of WWII.


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