In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944
In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944

In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944 (1992)

1992-01-26

(CA) •

War,

Documentary

The Valour and the Horror

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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.

Movie Cast

In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944

Terence McKenna

Narrator

In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944

Roman Jarymowycz

interviewer

In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944

Jacques Dextraze

Self (Fusiliers Mont-Royal)

In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944

Sydney Radley-Walters

Self (Sherbrooke Regiment)

In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944

Patrick Goyette

Joseph Le Boutillier

In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944

Nicholas Campbell

Guy Simonds

In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944

Adrian Hough

German Officer

In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944

Wayne Robson

Donald Pearce

In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944

Nigel Bennett

Kurt Meyer

In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944

Stewart Arnott

Harry Foster