In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944 (1992)

In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944 (1992)

The Valour and the Horror 1992-01-26 104 Min. PG-13
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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.

Cast

Terence McKenna is Narrator
Roman Jarymowycz is interviewer
interviewer
Jacques Dextraze is Self (Fusiliers Mont-Royal)
Self (Fusiliers Mont-Royal)
Sydney Radley-Walters is Self (Sherbrooke Regiment)
Self (Sherbrooke Regiment)
Patrick Goyette is Joseph Le Boutillier
Joseph Le Boutillier
Nicholas Campbell is Guy Simonds
Adrian Hough is German Officer
German Officer
Wayne Robson is Donald Pearce
Donald Pearce
Nigel Bennett is Kurt Meyer
Kurt Meyer
Stewart Arnott is Harry Foster
Harry Foster