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633 Squadron is a 1964 war film directed by Walter Grauman and starring Cliff Robertson, George Chakiris, and Maria Perschy. The plot, which involves the exploits of a fictional World War II British fighter-bomber squadron , was based on the 1956 novel of the same name by former Royal Air Force officer Frederick E. Smith , which itself drew on ...
633 Squadron: Directed by Walter Grauman. With Cliff Robertson, George Chakiris, Maria Perschy, Harry Andrews. A RAF squadron is assigned to knock out a German rocket fuel factory in Norway. The factory supplies fuel for the Nazi effort to launch rockets on England during D-Day.
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- Drama, History, War
- Walter Grauman
- 1964-07-11
A WWII Royal Air Force squadron prepare for an important and dangerous mission...to demolish a Nazi-run munitions factory deep in the fjords of Norway--an installation which is...
633 Squadron. 1964 · 1 hr 35 min. TV-MA. Action · Drama · War. Courage and stunning self-sacrifice clash against the powers of evil in this WWII epic set in the aerial battlefields of war-torn Europe. Subtitles: English. Starring: George Chakiris Maria Perschy Cliff Robertson. Directed by: Walter Grauman.
- Walter Grauman
- January 1, 1964
- 95 min
A World War II film about a RAF squadron that bombs a German rocket fuel factory in Norway, facing heavy anti-aircraft fire and German air raids. The film follows the squadron's training, the Norwegian resistance's role, and the personal stories of the pilots and their families.
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In 633 Squadron (1964), Royal Air Force wing commander Roy Grant (Cliff Robertson) is given the task of destroying a German rocket fuel factory in Norway. The factory is at the end of a fjord sheltered by a huge cliff and is defended by the Nazis, so the assignment is tricky; the planes must fly in at an extremely low altitude and drop ...