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In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944

1992

104 minutes

WarDocumentary

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.

Top Cast

Terence McKenna headshot

Terence McKenna

Narrator

Roman Jarymowycz headshot

Roman Jarymowycz

interviewer

Jacques Dextraze headshot

Jacques Dextraze

Self (Fusiliers Mont-Royal)

Sydney Radley-Walters headshot

Sydney Radley-Walters

Self (Sherbrooke Regiment)

Patrick Goyette headshot

Patrick Goyette

Joseph Le Boutillier

Nicholas Campbell headshot

Nicholas Campbell

Guy Simonds

Adrian Hough headshot

Adrian Hough

German Officer

Wayne Robson headshot

Wayne Robson

Donald Pearce

Nigel Bennett headshot

Nigel Bennett

Kurt Meyer

Stewart Arnott headshot

Stewart Arnott

Harry Foster