Director: Lewis Gilbert

Writers: Lewis Gilbert; Vernon Harris

Based on a book: Reach for the Sky: The Story of Douglas Bader by Paul Brickhill

Music Composed by: John Addison

Producer: Daniel M. Angel

Keywords: Drama, Biography, Disability

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Dorothy Alison	Actor	4-Apr-1925	17-Jan-1992	See No Evil
Lyndon Brook	Actor	10-Apr-1926	9-Jan-2004	Reach for the Sky
Eddie Byrne	Actor	31-Jan-1911	21-Aug-1981	The Mummy
Michael Gough	Actor	23-Nov-1917	17-Mar-2011	Alfred in Batman films
Nigel Green	Actor	15-Oct-1924	15-May-1972	The Ipcress File
Alexander Knox	Actor	16-Jan-1907	25-Apr-1995	Wilson
Howard Marion-Crawford	Actor	17-Jan-1914	24-Nov-1969	Dr. Watson on Sherlock Holmes
Kenneth More	Actor	20-Sep-1914	12-Jul-1982	The Admirable Crichton
Lee Patterson	Actor	31-Mar-1929	14-Feb-2007	One Life to Live
Muriel Pavlow	Actor	27-Jun-1921	19-Jan-2019	Murder She Said
Eric Pohlmann	Actor	18-Jul-1913	25-Jul-1979	They Who Dare
Sydney Tafler	Actor	31-Jul-1916	8-Nov-1979	The Lavender Hill Mob
Jack Watling	Actor	13-Jan-1923	22-May-2001	We Dive at Dawn

CAST

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

REVIEWS

Review by Nigel Williamson (posted on 1-Aug-2008)

A cracking biography of Douglas Bader, who, despite having lost both his legs in a flying accident in the Thirties, went on to become one of the Royal Air Force's fighter aces during The Battle of Britain, flying Spitfire's against the Luftwaffe as a squadron and then Wing Commander, and went on to form the 'big-wing' tactic that proved so successful against the german air forces. Bader was the pilot that led the victory fly-past over London of the RAF who had defended it so well. Ken More plays the part with typical english gung-ho and RAF plumminess, epitomising all the dash and verve the English were so in need of in the stark realities of post-war recovery in Britain. Watch this film to see how REAL heroes were made(or how the English thought they were, anyway!)

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