Battle of Britain
“Never was so much owed by so many to so few.”
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 an attempted Nazi invasion.
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Cast
132 people
Harry Andrews
Senior Civil Servant
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Michael Caine
Squadron Leader Canfield
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Trevor Howard
Air Vice Marshal Keith Park
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Curd Jürgens
Baron von Richter
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Ian McShane
Sgt. Pilot Andy
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Kenneth More
Group Capt. Baker
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Laurence Olivier
Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding
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Nigel Patrick
Group Capt. Hope
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Christopher Plummer
Squadron Leader Colin Harvey
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Michael Redgrave
Air Vice Marshal Evill
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Ralph Richardson
Sir David Kelly - British Minister to Switzerland
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Robert Shaw
Squadron Leader Skipper
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Guy Hamilton Director · James Kennaway Screenplay Wilfred Greatorex Screenplay
Budget $12M · United States release September 15, 1969 · Produced in United Kingdom
Box office
Budget
$12,000,000
Production
Spitfire Productions
Production
United Artists
Production
United Artists Pictures
Studio · Production
United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · French · German · Polish
Release dates
United Kingdom · September 15, 1969
Theatrical
United States · September 15, 1969
Theatrical
Australia
December 15, 1969 · Theatrical
Brazil
November 17, 1969 · Theatrical
Czechia
May 1, 2004 · Physical
France
September 17, 1969 · Theatrical
Germany
September 17, 1969 · Theatrical
Greece
December 16, 1969 · Theatrical
Ireland
February 20, 1970 · Theatrical
Japan
September 20, 1969 · Theatrical
Netherlands
January 18, 2003 · TV · V 8
May 3, 2007 · Physical · DVD
June 2, 2014 · Physical · Blu ray
Portugal
November 20, 1969 · Theatrical
Sweden
September 22, 1969 · Theatrical · Biograf Riviera, Stockholm
November 3, 2004 · Physical · DVD
XC
January 1, 1992 · Physical
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