In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944

Brian McKenna
1992-01-26

The Valour and the Horror
10
104 min

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

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