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Paul Chester Jerome Brickhill (20 December 1916 – 23 April 1991) was an Australian fighter pilot, prisoner of war, and author who wrote The Great Escape, The Dam Busters, and Reach for the Sky. Early life
It was based on the book The Dam Busters by Paul Brickhill. West and Grimsdale also did radio adaptations of Brickhill's books The Great Escape and Reach for the Sky. [2] [3] West wrote these after relocating to Sydney from Melbourne following the end of his first marriage. [4] A number of the cast had served in the airforce during World War ...
The Dam Busters is a 1951 non-fiction book by Paul Brickhill about Royal Air Force 617 Squadron originally commanded by Wing Commander Guy Gibson V.C. during World War II.The squadron became known as the "Dam Busters" because of Operation Chastise, a mission using highly specialised bombs to destroy Ruhr dams in Germany.
The Dam Busters, a 1951 book by Paul Brickhill about Operation Chastise; The Dam Busters, a 1955 film about Operation Chastise, based on Paul Brickhill's eponymous 1951 book "The Dam Busters March", the theme to the 1955 film by British composer Eric Coates; The Dam Busters, a 1984 video game loosely based on Operation Chastise
The Dam Busters is a 1955 British epic docudrama war film starring Richard Todd and Michael Redgrave, that was directed by Michael Anderson.Adapted by R. C. Sherriff from the books The Dam Busters (1951) by Paul Brickhill and Enemy Coast Ahead (1946) by Guy Gibson, the film depicts the true story of Operation Chastise when in 1943 the RAF's 617 Squadron attacked the Möhne, Eder, and Sorpe ...
The Great Escape is a 1954 Australian radio serial by Morris West based on the novel by Paul Brickhill produced by Gordon Grimsdale. Grimsdale and West also did radio adaptations of Brickhill's books The Dam Busters and Reach for the Sky. [2] [3] The three were all recorded in Sydney, where West had moved following the end of his first marriage ...
Pages in category "Films based on works by Paul Brickhill" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. ... The Dam Busters (film) G. The Great Escape ...
The Dam Busters (1951), Paul Brickhill: The Dam Busters (1954) The Day the World Ended (1969), Gordon Thomas and Max Morgan-Witts: When Time Ran Out (1980) Dead Man Walking (1993), Sister Helen Prejean: Dead Man Walking (1995) Dispatches (1977), Michael Herr: Apocalypse Now (1979) Full Metal Jacket (1987) Escape from Alcatraz (1963), J ...