One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (1942)
April 24, 1942Release Date
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (1942)
April 24, 1942Release Date
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Godfrey Tearle
Sir George Corbett, Rear Gunner in B for Bertie
Eric Portman
Tom Earnshaw, Copilot in B for Bertie
Hugh Williams
Frank Shelley, Observer / Navigator in B for Bertie
Bernard Miles
Geoff Hickman, Front Gunner in B for Bertie
Hugh Burden
John Glyn Haggard, Pilot in B for Bertie
Peter Ustinov
The Priest
Googie Withers
Jo de Vries
Pamela Brown
Els Meertens
Joyce Redman
Jet van Dieren
Robert Beatty
Sgt. Hopkins
Robert Helpmann
De Jong
Emrys Jones
Bob Ashley, Radio Operator in B for Bertie
Hay Petrie
The Burgomaster
Selma Vaz Dias
Burgomeister's Wife
Arnold Marlé
Pieter Sluys
Alec Clunes
The Organist
Hector Abbas
Driver
James B. Carson
Louis
Willem Akkerman
Willem
Joan Akkerman
Maartje
John Salew
German Sentry
David Ward
1st German Airman
Roland Culver
Naval Officer
Michael Powell
Despatching Officer / Director / Writer / Producer
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Details.
Release DateApril 24, 1942
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 42m
Content RatingNR
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One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (stylised on screen as ......one of our aircraft is missing) is a 1942 British black-and-white war film, mainly set in the German-occupied Netherlands. It was the fourth collaboration between the British writer-director-producer team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger and the first film they made under the banner of The Archers.
Although considered a propaganda film and made under the authority of the Ministry of Information as part of a series of film productions aimed at morale in the United Kingdom, it is elevated by the story and production values above the usual jingoistic fare. Today, One of Our Aircraft Is Missing is considered one of the "best of British films of the era".
A reversal of the plot of Powell and Pressburger's previous film, 49th Parallel (1941), One of Our Aircraft Is Missing has the British trying to escape with the help of various locals. In the 49th Parallel, the Germans stranded in Canada argued and fought amongst themselves, while the British fliers in this film work well together as a team.