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The War Lover (1963)

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Film details

Featuring

Steve McQueen Robert Wagner Shirley Anne Field
Country

United Kingdom
Year

1963
Genre

War
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Synopsis

Buzz and Bo, co-pilots stationed at a USAF base in England in 1943, meet Daphne, an English girl. Buzz is a brilliant and reckless captain but Bo, although he admires him, hates the war and killing. Bo and Daphne fall in love but one night, on the eve of a large-scale mission over Germany, Buzz visits Daphne wanting to make love to her. The next day their plane is crippled. Buzz pushes Bo out over the channel to be rescued and then crashes in flames

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Buzz Rickson
    
    Steve McQueen
  - Ed Bolland
    
    Robert Wagner
  - Daphne
    
    Shirley Anne Field
  - Handown
    
    Robert Easton
  - Lynch
    
    Gary Cockrell
  - Brindt
    
    Bill Edwards
  - Junior Sailen
    
    Michael Crawford
  - Farr
    
    Tom Busby
  - Bragliani
    
    George Sperdakos
  - Randall
    
    Bernard Braden
  - Emmet
    
    Jerry Stovin
  - Vogt
    
    Bishop, Edward
  - Murika
    
    Richard Leech
  - street girl
    
    Justine Lord
  - Lamb
    
    Chuck Julian
  - Prien
    
    Al Waxman
  - Haverstraw
    
    Bob Kanter
  - Woodman
    
    Sean Kelly
  - Braddock
    
    Charles De Temple
  - Sully
    
    Neil McCallum
  - singer
    
    Viera
  - Hazel
    
    Louise Dunn
  - vicar
    
    Arthur Hewlett
Credits
- Unknown:
  - Directed by
    
    Philip Leacock
  - ©
    
    Columbia (British) Productions
  - Presents
    
    Columbia Pictures Corporation Limited
  - Produced by
    
    Arthur Hornblow Jr
  - Production Manager
    
    Bob Sterne
  - Production Supervisor
    
    Raymond Anzarut
  - Assistant Director
    
    Basil Rayburn
  - Continuity
    
    Eileen Head
  - Screenplay by
    
    Howard Koch
  - From the novel by
    
    John Hersey
  - Director of Photography
    
    Bob Huke
  - Aerial Sequences Arranged by
    
    Crewdson, Captain John
  - Aerial Photographer
    
    Ronnie Taylor
  - Aerial Photographer
    
    Skeets Kelly
  - Camera Operator
    
    Ronnie Maasz
  - Camera Operator
    
    Austin Dempster
  - Special Effects
    
    Wally Veevers
  - Special Effects
    
    Ted Samuels
  - Special Effects
    
    Wally Veevers
  - Special Effects
    
    Ted Samuels
  - Film Editor
    
    Gordon Hales
  - Art Director
    
    Andrews, Bill
  - Wardrobe
    
    Elsa Fennell
  - Make-up
    
    George Partleton
  - Music Composed by
    
    Richard Addinsell
  - [Music] Conducted by
    
    Muir Mathieson
  - Sound Supervisor
    
    John Cox
  - Sound Recordist
    
    Norman Bolland
  - Sound Recordist
    
    Red Law
  - Sound
    
    John Cox
  - Logo [Sound System]
    
    Westrex Recording System
  - Sound Editor
    
    Christopher Lancaster
  - General Technical Adviser
    
    Spence Lt Col Usaf, Robert F.
  - Flying Fortress Adviser
    
    Tesla Lt Col Usaf, William
  - Made at
    
    Shepperton Studios

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