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633 Squadron is a 1964 war film directed by Walter Grauman and starring Cliff Robertson, George Chakiris, and Maria Perschy.The plot, which involves the exploits of a fictional World War II British fighter-bomber squadron, was based on the 1956 novel of the same name by former Royal Air Force officer Frederick E. Smith, which itself drew on several real RAF operations.
Graumann had just made 633 Squadron for the Mirisches. [9] Ben Gazzara was given a male lead; it was his first film since finishing Arrest and Trial. [10] Bradford Dillman played the other male lead. Filming started 1 June 1964. Grauman later signed to do three more films with the Mirisches. [11]
Title Director Cast Genre Notes 1964: 633 Squadron: Walter Grauman: Cliff Robertson, George Chakiris: World War II drama: The 7th Dawn: Lewis Gilbert: William Holden, Susannah York ...
He scored over 70 films in a career lasting over fifty years. His most famous works included Where Eagles Dare, Battle of Britain, 633 Squadron, Margaret Rutherford's Miss Marple films, and Frenzy. Born in Plymouth, Devon, England, [1] Goodwin learned to play the piano and trumpet from the age of five which allowed him to join the school band.
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Frederick Escreet Smith (4 April 1919 – 15 May 2012) [1] [2] was a British author, best known for his 1956 novel 633 Squadron about a Second World War RAF Mosquito squadron undertaking a seemingly impossible mission to bomb a well-protected German factory at the head of a Norwegian fjord. The novel was made into a successful film in 1964.
CBS Thursday Night Movie was the network's venture into the ... co-exist with art. Also of note, the religiously-themed film aired ... 633 Squadron (1964) 1968-01 ...
Perschy played in a number of American films, her most notable roles being in the 1962 biopic Freud, the 1964 Rock Hudson comedy, Man's Favorite Sport?, and the 1964 hit war movie 633 Squadron. Perschy's career in America eventually declined and by the late 1970s her only US appearances were brief roles in TV shows such as Hawaii Five-O and ...