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DRAMA

WAR

The true story of airman Douglas Bader who overcame the loss of both legs in a 1931 flying accident to become a successful fighter pilot and wing leader during World War II.

name	character
Ronald Adam	Air Vice-Marshal Leigh-Mallory
Dorothy Alison	Nurse Brace
Basil Appleby	Crowley-Milling
Derek Blomfield	Civilian Pilot
Lyndon Brook	Johnny Sanderson
Beverley Brooks	Sally
Eddie Byrne	Flight Sergeant Mills
Peter Byrne	Civilian Pilot Witnessing Bader's Crash (uncredited)
Charles Carson	Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding
Ernest Clark	Wing Commander Beiseigel
Anton Diffring	German Stabsfeldwebel
Basil Dignam	Air Ministry Doctor
Michael Gough	Flying Instructor Pearson
Nigel Green	Streatfeild
Walter Hudd	Air Vice-Marshal Halahan
Alexander Knox	Mr. Joyce
Sam Kydd	Warrant Officer Blake
Avice Landone	Douglas Bader's Mother
Anne Leon	Sister Thornhill
Harry Locke	Bates
Howard Marion-Crawford	'Woody' Woodhall
Kenneth More	Douglas Bader
Lee Patterson	Turner
Muriel Pavlow	Thelma Bader
Eric Pohlmann	Adjutant of Prison Camp
Michael Ripper	Warrant Officer West
Philip Stainton	Police Constable
Sydney Tafler	Robert Desoutter
Michael Warre	Harry Day
Jack Watling	Peel

name
John Addison	composer
Daniel M. Angel	producer
Lewis Gilbert	director, screenplay

year	award	category	name
1956	BAFTA	Best British Film