633 Squadron
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| Directed by | Walter Grauman |
| Produced by | Cecil F. Ford Lewis J. Rachmil |
| Written by |
Frederick E. Smith (novel) James Clavell Howard Koch |
| Starring |
Cliff Robertson George Chakiris |
| Music by | Ron Goodwin |
| Cinematography | Edward Scaife |
| Edited by | Bert Bates |
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| Distributed by | United Artists |
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102 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1,300,000 |
| Box office | $1,700,000 (US/Canada) Please note this figure is rentals accruing to distributors not total gross. |
633 Squadron is a 1964 British film, which depicts the exploits of a fictional World War II British fighter-bomber squadron and stars Cliff Robertson, George Chakiris and Maria Perschy. The plot was based on a novel of the same name by Frederick E. Smith, published in 1956, which itself drew on several real Royal Air Force operations. The film was directed by Walter Grauman and produced by Cecil F. Ford for the second film of Mirisch Productions UK subsidiary Mirisch Films for United Artists. 633 Squadron was the first aviation film to be shot in colour and Panavision widescreen.
When the Norwegian resistance leader, Royal Norwegian Navy Lieutenant Erik Bergman, travels to Great Britain to report the location of a German V-2 rocket fuel plant, the Royal Air Force's No. 633 Squadron is assigned to destroy it. The squadron is led by Wing Commander Roy Grant, an ex-Eagle Squadron pilot (an American serving in the RAF before the US entered the war).
The plant is in a seemingly impregnable location beneath an overhanging cliff at the end of a long, narrow fjord lined with numerous anti-aircraft guns. The only way to destroy the plant is by collapsing the cliff on top of it, a job for 633 Squadron's fast and manoeuvrable de Havilland Mosquitos. The squadron trains in Scotland, where there are narrow glens similar to the fjord. There, Grant is introduced to Bergman's sister, Hilde. They are attracted to each other, despite Grant's aversion to wartime relationships.
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