Dunkirk (1958 film)

Dunkirk
DVD poster
Directed byLeslie Norman
Written byJ. S. Bradford (book)
Ewan Butler (book)
David Divine (screenplay)
Produced byMichael Balcon
StarringJohn Mills
Richard Attenborough
Bernard Lee
CinematographyPaul Beeson
Edited byGordon Stone
Music byMalcolm Arnold
Production
company
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • 20 March 1958 (1958-03-20)
Running time
134 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1,025,000[1] or £400,000[2][3]
Box office$2,060,000[1]

Dunkirk is a 1958 British war film directed by Leslie Norman that depicts the Dunkirk evacuation of World War II, and starring John Mills, Richard Attenborough, and Bernard Lee.[4][5] The film is based on the novels The Big Pick-Up by Elleston Trevor and Dunkirk co-authored by Lt Col Ewan Butler and Major J. S. Bradford.[6]

  1. ^ a b The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study
  2. ^ Brian McFarlane, An Autobiography of British Cinema, Metheun 1997 p. 441
  3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 June 2007. Retrieved 10 April 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ Variety film review; 26 March 1958, p. 6.
  5. ^ Harrison's Reports film review; 23 August 1958, p. 134.
  6. ^ John Mills. "Dunkirk (1958) – Leslie Norman | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related". AllMovie. Retrieved 17 November 2016.