@ShowYourWorking It says specifically at the beginning of this film is that it is fiction but dedicated to the many daring raids carried out by the Mosquito and its crews (or words to that effect). I.e. symbolic. BTW Dummy referred to Airfix models, not you, though I may have to reconsider this postion depending on your response.
@TroyaE117 Always wondered that myself , but I guess with the fighters around the flight back down the fjord was the most direct even though it was the most dangerous.Shall have a read of the original novel which might shed some light on it
I have had the wonderful pleasure of hearing those engines pull that piece of close-grain sprue and dope through the air; may I live to do again. My respects to all and thanks for posting.
When you watch the film, the aerial sequences will only ever contain a max of 3 flying mosquitos in one shot, so i believe that only 3 airworthy ones took part. However, think that some taxiable ones may have been destroyed
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The Dambusters used Avro Lancasters against German targets. Not the Mosquitos depicted in Squadron 633. Operation Chastise cost the lives of 133 British Airmen and accomplish little. However their is no denying the British had courage Chastise was a suicide mission. Peter Jackson is making a film of the Dambusters. Matt in my estimation you know absolutely nothing about history or Americans.
well duh of course I knew that the dambuster squadron used avro lancasters. I do actually own a book on the dambusters as a matter of fact. So no i'm not completely ignorant about history mate. Fyi only 53 men had been kia during the raid out of 133. And due to scale of the floodings in the ruhr the only effect it had was that it made arable lands unusable seeing the ruhr was the major source of germany's food production. Which had an enormous effect on the german morale.
Secondly in my estimation, and probably in other british people's estimation. That this raid was well worth it because the dams did provide electricty source and water supply to the all the idustrial towns & cities in western germany along the ruhr. So even though the jerries were able to get things back online quickly it was still worth the effort.
@thudar9 617 squadron also used Mosquitos later in the war for targer marking as part of 5 group (pathfinder force).Operation chastise wasn't the failure you claim it to be - 2 out of the 3 primary targets were destroyed.Yes the cost was high , but all raids are not without risk...
Gibson was indeed killed flying a Mosquito acting as master bomber for a raid on Rheyt on the 19th September 1994 , but this was one from 627 squadron not 617 as Gibson was posted away from operational duties soon after the dams raid.This final mission only came about after he pestered his superiors to allow him back on ops....
Hmmm....is that a credible source you found that out from? I find it very hard to believe to be honest. I understand that Gibson could be ebrasive and tactless at times , but not to the point that people in the RAF wanted him dead.He was of immense value both in the development of new tactics and for propaganda here at home.I would be most interested to know where you heard this information....
Correct , Gibson flew a tour on night fighting operations (comprising around 90 sorties) for 29 Squadron flying Bristol Beaufighters claiming four confirmed kills.
Let's face it - a re-make would be the worst film you could imagine. There are no air-worthy Mossies left, the CGI effects would dominate the screen (not the story) and the script would have some stupid coming of age crap in it complete with people falling out with each other. It'd be a bit like Eastenders in the air! Let's not go there...
Oh I agree! They'd have to retain the original theme tune haha. I adore this war movie and death will become anyone who tampers with it!! I love John Meillon as the Aussie pilot :-)
I'd love to see this re-made with today's modernized computerized special effects. Even with the cheesy models, it's still harrowing how brave men were back in those days.
hey boys u are missing the point i seen this film when i was a lad the music the heroism of the raf it still gives me some sense of pride built out of balsa wood what a majestic aeroplane
Compare the scenes in this to the Star Wars Death star battle, my guess is George lucas watched this film and got some ideas of camera angles/shots. Loved this film as a kid, especially it's stirring theme. Classic.
George Lucas got more from The Dam Busters than he ever got from this crock. The Mosquitos were great, but the rest of the film was utter garbage. I saw it for the first and only time in the mid-60s and left the theatre thinking that if I had taken the money I had paid and set fire to it, I would have been putting it to better use.
All fictitious war movies are garbage,as if you portrayed the reality it would be too upsetting for the public, its only a movie. Poetic or artistic licence is the name of the game.
Hmm well this was in the days before CGI - most of the action IS real which cant be said for a lot of war films these days.Look past the small inadequacies and enjoy a great film!
allegedly, as the story goes mosquito squadron was scripted as a sequel to 633 but due to some sort of licensing wrangle its wasn't actually marketed as such at least that's what i keep hearing. the scenes were re-used because the all the mosquito's used in 633 were either straight out of RAF storage or Privately owned & most had maxed out their fatigue life (flying hours) by the time mosquito was in production so they recycled the footage .... and killed more airfix kits!
The book is better than the film. In the book, 633 was led by Wg Cdr Roy Grenville not Grant but obviously they thought that was a bit of a mouthful and changed it! There are several other books about 633 by Frederick E.Smith - e.g. Operation Crucible, Operation Rhine Maiden. Also interesting to note that the crash scene (on landing back at base) is absolutely identical to that used in another film - "Mosquito Squadron" - starring David McCallum.
Think they used it a couple of times in this film also , just shot it from lots of different angles so it could be re used without having to wreck another mosquito lol!
After production was completed on this film it is said that Cliff Robertson, who was an accomplished pilot as well as an actor, was so impressed with the performance of the DeHaviland Mosquito that he had his heart set on buying one for himself. Unfortunately, he was not so lucky... but he DID buy a Spitfire Mark IX later on, and it was in his family's keeping until the 1990s. What became of it afterwards, I don't know...
I don't think so. He may have been a good pilot, but that didn't mean that the Brits trusted him THAT MUCH with one of their vintage planes. There is such a thing as a limit to trust...
OH WOOPS you looked at one of the many videos on my profile and assumed one of the many people in one of the videos was me!? HAHAHAHA what a fucking thicko. gutted.
not that it is relevant in anyway whatsoever but im not scrawny at all. . I also have no glasses/contact lenses/ some sort of mutation? good, poignant, comeback for a silly, old, ill educated racist. well done.
i love these films when Britain REALLY STOOD & MEANT for SOMETHING now its turning into a craphole we are losing our culture, identity , and heritage. some soldiers must be turning in there graves seeing how this country has ended up.
Yes this raid never happened, but others similar to and even more daring did :). Oh the Germans were making a Mossie for themselves called the Focke-Wulf Ta 154 Moskito, but if I recall correctly the RAF quite by luck destroyed its glue factory and so it never entered service.
get over yourself. people like you are beyond boring. one of the problems with our great nation is the pathetic, sit on the internet and talk radio moaning about "society today" why don't you go do something about it? I bet you are a classic casual racist as well. You give the young generation that want to make something of themselves and their country absolutely no motivation whatsoever.
I love how even before the first plane drops the first bomb, all the crews looks dirty as though they've been through hell and back haha. Bit early for the 'battle weary' makeup I think
Well I thought the navigator was the only one that survived the mission, as he was kept hidden by the norwegian farmers in a pile of wood as the germans started searching for any aircrew still on Norway's mainland which was still under German rule at the time.
I started reading the novel.two night's ago.Bought it at the Flea Market for two dollar's.I'm at the part where 633 trade's in it's Boston's for Mosquito's.I notice they use BF 108's for FW 190's.Of course this was 1964.Ah the miracle of computer graphic's.
"Wing Commander Grant is badly injured but survives, spends the rest of the war as a POW, and returns somewhat embittered several years after the war to the Black Swan to discover that Hilde is still there waiting for him."
She'd been drinking at the pub all that time while he was a POW? Not surprised he was bitter. Bet she never even noticed that he nipped out.
Yep, in the movie its left a bit too ambiguous. In the original novel, {which is told as a long flashback} Wing Commander Grant is badly injured but survives, spends the rest of the war as a POW, and returns somewhat embittered several years after the war to the Black Swan to discover that Hilde is still there waiting for him.
Kool! - had never read the novel , but at least it seems to have a slightly more definitive ending than the feature film! How faithful is the film in general to the novel then ?
Guess they only changed Grant's nationality in order to allow Cliff Robertson to play the lead (he was a amateur pilot apparently).Good thing the changed to mosquitos too lol - dnt think they mission would have gone too well in Bostons!
Quite significant changes though from the transition from novel to screen...
i"m sorry, I seen this with my dad when I was 10 along with "the great escape"(fell in love w3ith mcqueen )in scotland, before we moved to canada, reminds me of pop and I do love the movie
By the time testing was over and the Air Ministry had authorised mass production on 21 June 1941, this was the world's fastest operational aircraft.
brownsrd16 1 year ago
@brownsrd16 and only wooden one
shanondor 1 year ago
glad the Gerry got that useless twit in the right seat.... the pilot was doomed with that clown riding shotgun.
MrSunlander 1 year ago
@ShowYourWorking It says specifically at the beginning of this film is that it is fiction but dedicated to the many daring raids carried out by the Mosquito and its crews (or words to that effect). I.e. symbolic. BTW Dummy referred to Airfix models, not you, though I may have to reconsider this postion depending on your response.
jonnybottle 1 year ago
@ShowYourWorking Dummy - its symbolic of Amiens, Copehagen, Berlin etc.
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I even like this movie more than Battle of Britain.
HerrrOttoFlick 1 year ago
クライマックスの兵士達が命を賭けた壮絶なシーン
何度見ても泣けてきます
mrxwx913 1 year ago
what a beautiful machine...a true classic
KevinMeeds 1 year ago
got the name wrong. It is "633 Squadron"
Trek001 1 year ago
Damn it guys, after you have destroyed the factory, don't fly down the valley again!
Elementary... elementary!
TroyaE117 1 year ago 5
Yeah it was a bit silly of them to do that wasn't it LOL
englishguy2005 1 year ago
@TroyaE117 Always wondered that myself , but I guess with the fighters around the flight back down the fjord was the most direct even though it was the most dangerous.Shall have a read of the original novel which might shed some light on it
dave41184 1 year ago
im coming in to cover your run..!
lizardkingsajrs 1 year ago
@lizardkingsajrs Roger Blue leader!
dave41184 1 year ago
Brillaint film and such fantastic aeroplanes!
KevinMeeds 1 year ago
Death to the Nazis
bournemouth1964 1 year ago
I have had the wonderful pleasure of hearing those engines pull that piece of close-grain sprue and dope through the air; may I live to do again. My respects to all and thanks for posting.
wildhobby 1 year ago
Airfix must have sponsored this film as you see some many of their models sliced! First ever product placement lolol
linebackertwo 1 year ago
such a brilliant film :D
ellzrs 1 year ago
Great film but a shame they destroyed so many airworthy mossies (not in this clip but through the film).
hendrixwhitestrat 2 years ago
i don't think they destroyed airworthy ones, as three went into making the film and three came out.
07edwardluckett 2 years ago
I understand that 8 were used (5 airworthy) and 3 wrecked
hendrixwhitestrat 2 years ago
When you watch the film, the aerial sequences will only ever contain a max of 3 flying mosquitos in one shot, so i believe that only 3 airworthy ones took part. However, think that some taxiable ones may have been destroyed
07edwardluckett 2 years ago
@07edwardluckett Okay - not worth arguing over but there were 5 airworthy mosquitos used in the film (not necessarily all used at once) :-)
RS 709 - now at USAAF Museum, Ohio
RS 712 - Unknown since 2003
RS 718 - deliberately burnt and destroyed during filming
TA 639 - now at RAF Museum, Cosford
TA 642 - destroyed
TA 719 - now at Duxford
TA 724 - deliberately wrecked during filming
TW 117 - now at Norwegian AF Museum, Bodo
hendrixwhitestrat 1 year ago
not gonna argue with that list. That more or less proves it!
07edwardluckett 1 year ago
I wish they'd remake this movie with modern special effects but keep the original theme tune! How amazing would that be??
englishguy2005 2 years ago
Ya' gotta love the 'Strines!
hasablad69 2 years ago
The Dambusters inspired this scene..and this scene inspired the first Star Wars trench run on the Death Star :D 3 great films!
RockiBalboa101 2 years ago 2
You gotta love that Gillibrand, toughing it out with those Bf-108's...
LJBCRT 2 years ago
however close to fact or not, the fact is they WERE heroes
baldandold 2 years ago
What type of drama are you stereotypical types ranting on?
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lincsposter 2 years ago
This of course is the climax of the entire movie. Great war film when they made them. Nice video!
Ken Palmer
kenpalmer1965 2 years ago
they do
SquadronLeaderNick 2 years ago
british have the most spirit
Josh10354 2 years ago 2
it's funny how the americans dont know this film or the dambusters. they've even never heard of them.
matt2house 2 years ago
Some of us have.
PatrickBatemanV 2 years ago
The Dambusters used Avro Lancasters against German targets. Not the Mosquitos depicted in Squadron 633. Operation Chastise cost the lives of 133 British Airmen and accomplish little. However their is no denying the British had courage Chastise was a suicide mission. Peter Jackson is making a film of the Dambusters. Matt in my estimation you know absolutely nothing about history or Americans.
thudar9 2 years ago
well duh of course I knew that the dambuster squadron used avro lancasters. I do actually own a book on the dambusters as a matter of fact. So no i'm not completely ignorant about history mate. Fyi only 53 men had been kia during the raid out of 133. And due to scale of the floodings in the ruhr the only effect it had was that it made arable lands unusable seeing the ruhr was the major source of germany's food production. Which had an enormous effect on the german morale.
matt2house 2 years ago
Secondly in my estimation, and probably in other british people's estimation. That this raid was well worth it because the dams did provide electricty source and water supply to the all the idustrial towns & cities in western germany along the ruhr. So even though the jerries were able to get things back online quickly it was still worth the effort.
matt2house 2 years ago
My point was that you should not make such broad statements without backing it up, especially
about Americans.
thudar9 2 years ago
@thudar9 617 squadron also used Mosquitos later in the war for targer marking as part of 5 group (pathfinder force).Operation chastise wasn't the failure you claim it to be - 2 out of the 3 primary targets were destroyed.Yes the cost was high , but all raids are not without risk...
dave41184 2 years ago
"617 squadron [the Dambusters] also used Mosquitos later in the war for targer marking..."
Yes. In fact, Guy Gibson died flying one on a mission.
dachtorstrange 2 years ago
Gibson was indeed killed flying a Mosquito acting as master bomber for a raid on Rheyt on the 19th September 1994 , but this was one from 627 squadron not 617 as Gibson was posted away from operational duties soon after the dams raid.This final mission only came about after he pestered his superiors to allow him back on ops....
dave41184 2 years ago
@dave41184 some say his death was no accident, as he was wanted out of the way, by others.
WELLBRAN 2 years ago
Hmmm....is that a credible source you found that out from? I find it very hard to believe to be honest. I understand that Gibson could be ebrasive and tactless at times , but not to the point that people in the RAF wanted him dead.He was of immense value both in the development of new tactics and for propaganda here at home.I would be most interested to know where you heard this information....
dave41184 2 years ago
@dave41184 bacuase he knew too much about others. And "others" were
cultivating their careers for after the war.
WELLBRAN 2 years ago
Very very sceptical about this - who are these 'others' you speak of? Think a lot of what you claim is just hearsay and conjecture.
dave41184 2 years ago
and not very well know fact on his time off Guy Gibson use to fly as a nightfighter and shot six aircraft down.
talpore 2 years ago
Correct , Gibson flew a tour on night fighting operations (comprising around 90 sorties) for 29 Squadron flying Bristol Beaufighters claiming four confirmed kills.
dave41184 2 years ago
Nooo remake!! For all the reasons boxferret gave. Plus there arent the actors with the calibre. Re-creating some of the visuals would be ok
Back7sword 2 years ago
Let's face it - a re-make would be the worst film you could imagine. There are no air-worthy Mossies left, the CGI effects would dominate the screen (not the story) and the script would have some stupid coming of age crap in it complete with people falling out with each other. It'd be a bit like Eastenders in the air! Let's not go there...
boxferret 2 years ago
there are some mossies left, only except they either in canada,new zealand or australia.
MrMattias87 2 years ago
Who reckons there should be a 633 squadron remake??? God that would be fantastic!!!
englishguy2005 2 years ago
As long as they didn't mess with the Title theme music too much! lol
yoohoo909 2 years ago
Oh I agree! They'd have to retain the original theme tune haha. I adore this war movie and death will become anyone who tampers with it!! I love John Meillon as the Aussie pilot :-)
englishguy2005 2 years ago
I'd love to see this re-made with today's modernized computerized special effects. Even with the cheesy models, it's still harrowing how brave men were back in those days.
MuttTheHoople 2 years ago
hey boys u are missing the point i seen this film when i was a lad the music the heroism of the raf it still gives me some sense of pride built out of balsa wood what a majestic aeroplane
dannybaird6 2 years ago 2
,,,,,,was that Krankor as one of the pilots?...also, I don't remember planes exploding like that...
chewythechibi 2 years ago
Compare the scenes in this to the Star Wars Death star battle, my guess is George lucas watched this film and got some ideas of camera angles/shots. Loved this film as a kid, especially it's stirring theme. Classic.
paulcan38 2 years ago
George Lucas got more from The Dam Busters than he ever got from this crock. The Mosquitos were great, but the rest of the film was utter garbage. I saw it for the first and only time in the mid-60s and left the theatre thinking that if I had taken the money I had paid and set fire to it, I would have been putting it to better use.
MarsFKA 2 years ago
Lets face it, most films we look back at through rose coloured spectacles were 'crock'.
Even so, I have heard that Mr Lucas borrowed more from this film than the obvious choice of DamBusters.
Also, even though the effects were pretty dire, isn't is great to see real models rather than CGI versions sometimes?
paulcan38 2 years ago
All fictitious war movies are garbage,as if you portrayed the reality it would be too upsetting for the public, its only a movie. Poetic or artistic licence is the name of the game.
WELLBRAN 2 years ago
Lucas admitted that he was heavily influenced by the WW2 aerial footage he remembered from the movies as boy. Sort of an homage.
..and he still is (Red Tails)
yoohoo909 2 years ago
What programme do you use to get the footage and audio off the DVD?
dave41184 2 years ago
this film is depressing through its crap effects and the rubbish " Mosquito Squadron"
linebackertwo 2 years ago
Hmm well this was in the days before CGI - most of the action IS real which cant be said for a lot of war films these days.Look past the small inadequacies and enjoy a great film!
dave41184 2 years ago
like you could mada better special effects at the time!!!!
plavins1 2 years ago
allegedly, as the story goes mosquito squadron was scripted as a sequel to 633 but due to some sort of licensing wrangle its wasn't actually marketed as such at least that's what i keep hearing. the scenes were re-used because the all the mosquito's used in 633 were either straight out of RAF storage or Privately owned & most had maxed out their fatigue life (flying hours) by the time mosquito was in production so they recycled the footage .... and killed more airfix kits!
Hooky722 2 years ago
The book is better than the film. In the book, 633 was led by Wg Cdr Roy Grenville not Grant but obviously they thought that was a bit of a mouthful and changed it! There are several other books about 633 by Frederick E.Smith - e.g. Operation Crucible, Operation Rhine Maiden. Also interesting to note that the crash scene (on landing back at base) is absolutely identical to that used in another film - "Mosquito Squadron" - starring David McCallum.
RommelADC 2 years ago
Think they used it a couple of times in this film also , just shot it from lots of different angles so it could be re used without having to wreck another mosquito lol!
dave41184 2 years ago
xxx
RommelADC 2 years ago
After production was completed on this film it is said that Cliff Robertson, who was an accomplished pilot as well as an actor, was so impressed with the performance of the DeHaviland Mosquito that he had his heart set on buying one for himself. Unfortunately, he was not so lucky... but he DID buy a Spitfire Mark IX later on, and it was in his family's keeping until the 1990s. What became of it afterwards, I don't know...
NCTaikoDrumboy 2 years ago
Did he do any actual flying of the Mosquito during filming?
dave41184 2 years ago
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Hooky722 2 years ago
No they used about 3 or 4 different cockpit sections for filming all the flying was done by studio pilots i think
Hooky722 2 years ago
I don't think so. He may have been a good pilot, but that didn't mean that the Brits trusted him THAT MUCH with one of their vintage planes. There is such a thing as a limit to trust...
NCTaikoDrumboy 2 years ago
OH WOOPS you looked at one of the many videos on my profile and assumed one of the many people in one of the videos was me!? HAHAHAHA what a fucking thicko. gutted.
bythewayside 2 years ago
not that it is relevant in anyway whatsoever but im not scrawny at all. . I also have no glasses/contact lenses/ some sort of mutation? good, poignant, comeback for a silly, old, ill educated racist. well done.
bythewayside 2 years ago
i love these films when Britain REALLY STOOD & MEANT for SOMETHING now its turning into a craphole we are losing our culture, identity , and heritage. some soldiers must be turning in there graves seeing how this country has ended up.
Davecw1953 2 years ago 2
Too damned right mate!! Looking at the way Britain is now, these men died for nothing.
englishguy2005 2 years ago 2
No they did not. We would not have put the krauts in their place without them
Kay346 2 years ago
What?? Without who?? Your comment didn't make sense haha.
englishguy2005 2 years ago
quite breathtaking- I know this raid never happened, but it symbolises the courage of all ww2 pilots
Oh what Goering would have given for a few squadrons of Mosquitos?
JU88 similar in concept, but did not have speed of Mosquito
darkmossie633 2 years ago
Yes this raid never happened, but others similar to and even more daring did :). Oh the Germans were making a Mossie for themselves called the Focke-Wulf Ta 154 Moskito, but if I recall correctly the RAF quite by luck destroyed its glue factory and so it never entered service.
StarTux 2 years ago
we are losing our culture, identity , and heritage.
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I guess the Chinese felt the same way during the Opium Wars.
johnlouisville 2 years ago
get over yourself. people like you are beyond boring. one of the problems with our great nation is the pathetic, sit on the internet and talk radio moaning about "society today" why don't you go do something about it? I bet you are a classic casual racist as well. You give the young generation that want to make something of themselves and their country absolutely no motivation whatsoever.
bythewayside 2 years ago
i thought you would be a four eyed geek who knows fuck all about life and what do you know i was correct you are a 4 eyed scrawny geek.
Davecw1953 2 years ago
complete with the "nip " subtitles lol
bonzo874 2 years ago
I love how even before the first plane drops the first bomb, all the crews looks dirty as though they've been through hell and back haha. Bit early for the 'battle weary' makeup I think
englishguy2005 2 years ago
Yes - flying all the way into enemy territory is easy - moron! Do you have any idea how hard that would be? No, you do not.
NoOnionsUK 2 years ago
Lol................cockhead!
englishguy2005 2 years ago
Well I thought the navigator was the only one that survived the mission, as he was kept hidden by the norwegian farmers in a pile of wood as the germans started searching for any aircrew still on Norway's mainland which was still under German rule at the time.
kaiata1 2 years ago
chinese
ismu34 2 years ago
Those subtitles. Japanese? Which side are they cheering?
modernredeye 2 years ago 2
they are subtitles
sard37 2 years ago
Thanks for posting this.
seangrie8 2 years ago
LOVE THE MUSIC!!!!!
gobbwgo 2 years ago
I started reading the novel.two night's ago.Bought it at the Flea Market for two dollar's.I'm at the part where 633 trade's in it's Boston's for Mosquito's.I notice they use BF 108's for FW 190's.Of course this was 1964.Ah the miracle of computer graphic's.
yuckahills8776 2 years ago
"Wing Commander Grant is badly injured but survives, spends the rest of the war as a POW, and returns somewhat embittered several years after the war to the Black Swan to discover that Hilde is still there waiting for him."
She'd been drinking at the pub all that time while he was a POW? Not surprised he was bitter. Bet she never even noticed that he nipped out.
modernredeye 2 years ago
One of my all-time favourite movies.
DazDaMan 3 years ago
Never been able to figure out if Cliff Robertson dies at the end?
mrc302 3 years ago
Me neither ; was always the part that frustrated me about the end of the film :(
dave41184 3 years ago
Yep, in the movie its left a bit too ambiguous. In the original novel, {which is told as a long flashback} Wing Commander Grant is badly injured but survives, spends the rest of the war as a POW, and returns somewhat embittered several years after the war to the Black Swan to discover that Hilde is still there waiting for him.
Falco101 3 years ago
Kool! - had never read the novel , but at least it seems to have a slightly more definitive ending than the feature film! How faithful is the film in general to the novel then ?
dave41184 3 years ago
Key differences from the film: {that I can recall}
*Grant is a Brit, not an American Eagle Squadron member.
*The target factory is not producing rocket fuel but developing nuclear power.
*For half of the novel, the squadron is flying Douglas Bostons and then switches over to Mosquitos.
*The Aussie pilot Gillibrand dies not over the target but intercepting a German raid on Sutton Craddock
*It is not Bergman but another captured resistance fighter who gives up the plan to the Gestapo.
Falco101 3 years ago
Guess they only changed Grant's nationality in order to allow Cliff Robertson to play the lead (he was a amateur pilot apparently).Good thing the changed to mosquitos too lol - dnt think they mission would have gone too well in Bostons!
Quite significant changes though from the transition from novel to screen...
dave41184 3 years ago
i"m sorry, I seen this with my dad when I was 10 along with "the great escape"(fell in love w3ith mcqueen )in scotland, before we moved to canada, reminds me of pop and I do love the movie
maidmoira 3 years ago
looking for friends
i cant watch this video cj
KETYDYNAMITE 3 years ago