633 Squadron (1964)
Directed by Walter
Grauman this film based on the novel of the same name stars Cliff
Robertson, George Chakiris, Maria Perschy and Angus Lennie. In 1944 a
squadron of Commonwealth pilots are given the task of destroying a
factory in Norway.
If you were to be
unkind you could say that the plot of this film is essentially a cut
down version of The Dam Busters (1955), which it probably is, but it
does do about enough to stand on it's own two feet. The plot is
fairly simple and not exactly nuanced but does well enough even if it
would have been nice to see a more in depth exploration of the
characters of the pilots. At times the film does feel cheaply made
but just about scrapes by and is probably worth watching as the final
action sequence was in part the inspiration for the attack on the
Death Star in Star Wars (1977).
3/5
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