In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944

The Valour and the Horror

10.0
19921h 44m

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.

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Cast

Photo of Patrick Goyette

Patrick Goyette

Joseph Le Boutillier

Photo of Adrian Hough

Adrian Hough

German Officer

Photo of Wayne Robson

Wayne Robson

Donald Pearce

Photo of Nigel Bennett

Nigel Bennett

Kurt Meyer

Photo of Stewart Arnott

Stewart Arnott

Harry Foster

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