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6.1/10 • 64

1964-04-061h 42m

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The greatest adventure since men fought on earth - or flew over it!

When Norwegian resistance leader Lieutenant Erik Bergman reports the location of a German V-2 rocket fuel plant, the Royal Air Force's 633 Squadron is assigned the mission to destroy it. The plant is in a seemingly-impregnable location beneath an overhanging cliff at the end of a long, narrow fjord lined with anti-aircraft guns. The only way to destroy the plant is by collapsing the cliff on top of it.

Directors
Walter Grauman
Editors
Bert Bates

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Cliff Robertson

    Cliff Robertson

    Wing Commander Roy Grant

  2. George Chakiris

    George Chakiris

    Lieutenant Erik Bergman

  3. Maria Perschy

    Maria Perschy

    Hilde Bergman

  4. Harry Andrews

    Harry Andrews

    Air Vice-Marshal Davis

  5. Donald Houston

    Donald Houston

    Group Captain Don Barrett

  6. Michael Goodliffe

    Michael Goodliffe

    Squadron Leader Frank Adams

  7. John Meillon

    John Meillon

    Flight Lieutenant Gillibrand

  8. John Bonney

    John Bonney

    Flight Lieutenant Scott

  9. Angus Lennie

    Angus Lennie

    Flying Officer Hoppy Hopkinson

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John Chard

Dec 24, 2018

7/10

Fall in for the blood pumping joy of De Havilland's Mosquitoes. A WW2 squadron of Mosquito bombers are training for a perilous mission to bomb a cliff face in Norway; with the aim to bring the cliff tumbling down on the German arms factory below it. 633 Squadron may not be a film for the War enthusiast purists? But the work done here to make this film a winner should never be understated. In this day and age it's often forgotten how these type of film's relied on good aerial photography, deft model work, and a stirring score. All of which this picture contains, thus making 633 Squadron more than a wet day crowd pleaser. Sure the intermittent scenes between the training sequences and the actual mission are mere filler, and the subplots obviously halt the flow of the movie (hello romance, hello sacrifice clichés); but what they do do is give a sort of added feel to the proceedings come the mission at the end. We do after all have to have some sort of affinity with the characters putting their lives at risk, and we get that here courtesy of a well written first half. Also boasting (in my opinion naturally) one of the greatest scores used in a War movie, courtesy of Ron Goodwin, the film triumphs because the ending is all that you hope for. In truth it's never in doubt given the build up we are given (and being the normality for many genre pieces), but with little dashes of poignancy and slivers of adrenalin rushes, the impact is akin to a jingoistic chest thudding. Besides which, if you can't get a tingle on your neck watching the Mosquitoes fly over the Norwegian fjord? Well you got no blood in your body say I. 7/10

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
norwayair raidnorwegian resistance