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In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944(1992)

01/26/1992 (CA)WarDocumentary1h 44m
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The Valour and the Horror

Overview

A documentary, using dramatization of fact, that examines the Battle of Verrières Ridge, where on July 25, 1944 and not long after D-Day, an inexperienced battalion of the Canadian Black Watch Regiment launched a doomed attack and was defeated with heavy casualties by veteran German SS troops. Part of "The Valour and the Horror" mini series.

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Movie Cast

Terence McKenna photo
Roman Jarymowycz photo

Roman Jarymowycz

interviewer

Jacques Dextraze photo

Jacques Dextraze

Self (Fusiliers Mont-Royal)

Sydney Radley-Walters photo

Sydney Radley-Walters

Self (Sherbrooke Regiment)

Patrick Goyette photo

Patrick Goyette

Joseph Le Boutillier

Adrian Hough photo

Adrian Hough

German Officer

Wayne Robson photo

Wayne Robson

Donald Pearce

Nigel Bennett photo

Nigel Bennett

Kurt Meyer

Stewart Arnott photo

Stewart Arnott

Harry Foster

Movie Stats

StatusReleased

BudgetNot Given

RevenueNot Given

Production CompanyCBC

Original LanguageNot Given

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