Dunkirk
1958 · Movie · 134 min · ★ 6.9 · 76% critics
In France, a British corporal is left responsible for his men after their officer is killed, and must find a way to get them back to Britain. In parallel, civilians back home are drawn into Operation Dynamo, an urgent effort to pull forces off the Dunkirk beaches before the situation worsens.
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Details
- Years
- 1958
- Release date
- 1958-03-20
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 134 min
- Critic score
- 76/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.8/10 (70 votes)
- Box office
- $2,060,000
About
You’ll like this if you enjoy classic WWII rescues with a strong emphasis on ordinary people under pressure and a historically grounded, two-part storyline; Not for you if you want modern-style spectacle like Nolan’s Dunkirk or a faster, purely action-driven war drama such as Sink the Bismarck!
Pros: authentic human-scale focus; strong acting; tense rescue stakes | Cons: voiceover feels unnecessary; dated special effects; split narrative can feel stiff
Themes
- sacrifice
- world war ii
- evacuation
- based on true story
- survival
- dunkirk
- normandy
Cast & crew
John Mills
as Cpl Tubby Binns
Richard Attenborough
as John Holden
Bernard Lee
as Charles Foreman
Robert Urquhart
as Mike
Ray Jackson
as Barlow
Ronald Hines
as Private Miles
Sean Barrett
as Frankie
Roland Curram
as Harper
Meredith Edwards
as Dave Bellman
Michael Bates
as Froome
Directed by Leslie Norman