Best line up of all time? Battle Of Britain 1969

[goldblum]

Just released on various download sites in 720p.

Harry Andrews,Michael Caine,Trevor Howard,Kurt Jurgens,Ian McShane,Kenneth More,Laurence Olivier,Nigel Patrick,Christopher Plummer,

Robert Shaw,Michael Redgrave,Ralph Richardson,Patrick Wymark and token totty Susannah York.Looks fantastic.

I think only "The Longest Day" beats this; the cast includes John Wayne.

[RESSE]

One of my top 100 favourites.

Filmography, cast and soundtrack superb.

Still as good now as it was in 1969 - perhaps one of those films that gets better with age?

[goldblum]

RESSE said:

One of my top 100 favourites.

Filmography, cast and soundtrack superb.

Still as good now as it was in 1969 - perhaps one of those films that gets better with age?

Hope so,I'll be watching it tonight.

[vixen1700]

Watched this a few weeks back as it was recorded from Film 4, what surprised me was the depth of the cast and the fact it's not a far more well known film.

[Eric Mc]

A Bridge Too Far comes close as far as "star studding" is concerned - with some familiar names appearing in both -

Dirk Bogarde
Gene Hackman
Elliot Gould
Robert Redford
Sean Connnery
Laurence Ol;iver
Anthony Hopkins
Michael Caine
Edward Fox
Liv Ulmann
Ryan O'Neal
Maximilan Schell
Hardy Kruger
James Caan
Alun Armstrong
Denholm Elliot
Jeremy Kemp

[goldblum]

Here's another cast list..these guys must have stumbled from one war movie set straight to another in the sixties!

The Longest Day:

John Wayne
Henry Fonda
Robert Mitchum
Sean Connery
Curd Jürgens
Richard Burton
Peter Lawford
Rod Steiger
Irina Demick
Gert Fröbe
Edmond O'Brien
Kenneth More
Robert Ryan
George Segal
Frank Finlay
Richard Todd and
Leslie Phillips

[Eric Mc]

It was a bit of a "trick" used by the film companies to try and pull a wider audience into these films. I think it all started with Mike Todd's 1958 film "Around the World in 80 Days".

[davepoth]

The Great Escape too, and Kelly's Heroes. Possibly also The Magnificent Seven.

It's a shame they don't do more of these sort of films, they're always good fun since you never know which really famous person will die.