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633 Squadron (1964)

PG 04/06/1964 Drama, War 1h 42m
61%
User
Score
6.4/10
29%

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

Overview

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.

Walter Grauman

Director

James Clavell

Screenplay

Howard Koch

Screenplay

Top Billed Cast

Cliff Robertson

Cliff Robertson

Wing Commander Roy Grant

George Chakiris

George Chakiris

Lieutenant Erik Bergman

Maria Perschy

Maria Perschy

Hilde Bergman

Harry Andrews

Harry Andrews

Air Vice-Marshal Davis

Donald Houston

Donald Houston

Group Captain Don Barrett

Michael Goodliffe

Michael Goodliffe

Squadron Leader Frank Adams

John Meillon

John Meillon

Flight Lieutenant Gillibrand

John Bonney

John Bonney

Flight Lieutenant Scott

Angus Lennie

Angus Lennie

Flying Officer Hoppy Hopkinson

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Media

633 Squadron ≣ 1964 ≣ Trailer

633 Squadron ≣ 1964 ≣ Trailer

633 squadron movie trailer

633 squadron movie trailer

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Reviews

A review by John Chard

Written on December 24, 2018

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 rom...

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written on December 2, 2024

We probably ought to bear in mind that this film was designed for success at the American box office, so there is quite a lot of theatrical licence taken with this telling of the story of an RAF squadron tasked with the destruction of a Nazi rocket fuel factory built deep into a Norwegian mountainside. George Chakiris (not too long after his success in "West Side Story") and Cliff Robertson take the lead in this quite stilted, but well made wartime drama. The aerial photography is good, but for 1964, not that good and the characters are a little too stereotyped to be treated very seriously. A journeyman cast offers some support, but frankly, aside from a memorable score from Ron Goodwin, this is a disappointing effort....

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