One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
1942's first blast of screen dynamite
1942 · 1h 42m · N/A
Drama, War
Directed by
Michael Powell
,
Emeric Pressburger
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One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
Overview
During a raid on Germany, a British bomber crew is forced to bail out after their plane is damaged. They land in Holland, where they're aided by Dutch civilians.
Director and cast
- Michael Powell Director
- Emeric Pressburger Director
- Godfrey Tearle as Sir George Corbett, Rear Gunner in B for Bertie
- Eric Portman as Tom Earnshaw, Copilot in B for Bertie
- Hugh Williams as Frank Shelley, Observer / Navigator in B for Bertie
- Bernard Miles as Geoff Hickman, Front Gunner in B for Bertie
- Hugh Burden as John Glyn Haggard, Pilot in B for Bertie
- Peter Ustinov as The Priest
- Googie Withers as Jo de Vries
- Pamela Brown as Els Meertens
- Joyce Redman as Jet van Dieren
- Robert Beatty as Sgt. Hopkins
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