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** Creator/TrevorBannister as a man listening to the radio.
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* UncreditedRole: Creator/FredGriffiths as a lorry driver.
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** Creator/RichardMarner as a German Officer in a staff car.
** Creator/FredGriffiths as a lorry driver.
** Creator/RichardMarner as a German Officer in a staff car.
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** Creator/RichardBurton was the first choice for the lead but he dropped out when he was offered the lead in ''Alexander the Great'' at what Creator/LewisGilbert describes as "three or four times the salary".
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** Creator/RichardBurton was the first choice for the lead lead, but he dropped out when he was offered the lead in ''Alexander the Great'' at what Creator/LewisGilbert describes as "three or four times the salary".
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* UncreditedRole: Creator/FredGriffiths as a lorry driver.
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* DawsonCasting: At the time of his crash and double amputation in 1931, Douglas Bader was 21 years of age. Kenneth More, at the time of filming, was 42 and looks considerably older than the young man he was supposed to be. In fact Kenneth More was born in 1914, only four years after Bader.
* LoopingLines: For some reason, the name of Bader's friend and fellow pilot Geoffrey Stevenson was changed in post-sync, being overdubbed as "Johnny Sanderson". Each time the name is said on-screen, Kenneth More's lips are quite clearly saying the original name - most noticeable in the close-up when Bader is informed that Stevenson / Sanderson has been shot down.
* StarMakingRole: The success of the film in the UK confirmed the middle-aged Kenneth More's status as a major star of British films.
* LoopingLines: For some reason, the name of Bader's friend and fellow pilot Geoffrey Stevenson was changed in post-sync, being overdubbed as "Johnny Sanderson". Each time the name is said on-screen, Kenneth More's lips are quite clearly saying the original name - most noticeable in the close-up when Bader is informed that Stevenson / Sanderson has been shot down.
* StarMakingRole: The success of the film in the UK confirmed the middle-aged Kenneth More's status as a major star of British films.
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* BreakthroughHit: For Creator/LewisGilbert.
* DawsonCasting: At the time of his crash and double amputation in 1931, Douglas Bader was 21 years of age. Kenneth More, at the time of filming, was 42 and looks considerably older than the young man he was supposed to be. Infact fact, Kenneth More was born in 1914, only four years after Bader.
* LoopingLines: For some reason, the name of Bader's friend and fellow pilot Geoffrey Stevenson was changed in post-sync, being overdubbed as "Johnny Sanderson". Each time the name is said on-screen, Kenneth More's lipsare quite clearly saying say the original name - most noticeable in the close-up when Bader is informed that Stevenson / Sanderson has been shot down.
* StarMakingRole: The success of the film in the UK confirmed the middle-aged Kenneth More's status as a major star of Britishfilms.cinema.
* DawsonCasting: At the time of his crash and double amputation in 1931, Douglas Bader was 21 years of age. Kenneth More, at the time of filming, was 42 and looks considerably older than the young man he was supposed to be. In
* LoopingLines: For some reason, the name of Bader's friend and fellow pilot Geoffrey Stevenson was changed in post-sync, being overdubbed as "Johnny Sanderson". Each time the name is said on-screen, Kenneth More's lips
* StarMakingRole: The success of the film in the UK confirmed the middle-aged Kenneth More's status as a major star of British
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** Douglas Bader was initially supposed to have a role in the film doubling for Kenneth More in long shots, but due to Bader's difficult nature the idea was dropped.
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** Douglas Bader was initially supposed to have a role in the film doubling for Kenneth More in long shots, but the idea was dropped due to Bader's difficult nature the idea was dropped.nature.
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* StarMakingRole: The success of the film in the UK confirmed the middle-aged Kenneth More's status as a major star of British films.
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* BackedByThePentagon: Available wartime combat aircraft including Hawker Hurricane and Supermarine Spitfire fighters were arranged to take on the aerial scenes.
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* BackedByThePentagon: Available wartime combat aircraft including Hawker Hurricane and Supermarine Spitfire fighters were arranged to take on the aerial scenes. To depict the various Royal Air Force bases realistically, principal filming took place in Surrey at RAF Kenley, and around the village of Bagshot.
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* LoopingLines: For some reason, the name of Bader's friend and fellow pilot Geoffrey Stevenson was changed in post-sync, being overdubbed as "Johnny Sanderson". Each time the name is said on-screen, Kenneth More's lips are quite clearly saying the original name - most noticeable in the close-up when Bader is informed that Stevenson / Sanderson has been shot down.
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* BackedByThePentagon: Available wartime combat aircraft including Hawker Hurricane and Supermarine Spitfire fighters were arranged to take on the aerial scenes.
* DawsonCasting: At the time of his crash and double amputation in 1931, Douglas Bader was 21 years of age. Kenneth More, at the time of filming, was 42 and looks considerably older than the young man he was supposed to be. In fact Kenneth More was born in 1914, only four years after Bader.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Creator/RichardBurton was the first choice for the lead but he dropped out when he was offered the lead in ''Alexander the Great'' at what Creator/LewisGilbert describes as "three or four times the salary".
** Douglas Bader was initially supposed to have a role in the film doubling for Kenneth More in long shots, but due to Bader's difficult nature the idea was dropped.
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* DawsonCasting: At the time of his crash and double amputation in 1931, Douglas Bader was 21 years of age. Kenneth More, at the time of filming, was 42 and looks considerably older than the young man he was supposed to be. In fact Kenneth More was born in 1914, only four years after Bader.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Creator/RichardBurton was the first choice for the lead but he dropped out when he was offered the lead in ''Alexander the Great'' at what Creator/LewisGilbert describes as "three or four times the salary".
** Douglas Bader was initially supposed to have a role in the film doubling for Kenneth More in long shots, but due to Bader's difficult nature the idea was dropped.
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