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The Valour and the Horror
10 / 10 IMDb January 26, 1992 1h 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.
Director
Runtime
1h 44m
Release Date
January 26, 1992
Genre
War, Documentary
Status
Released
Producers
Cast
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Terence McKenna
as Narrator
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Roman Jarymowycz
as interviewer
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Jacques Dextraze
as Self (Fusiliers Mont-Royal)
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Sydney Radley-Walters
as Self (Sherbrooke Regiment)
Patrick Goyette
as Joseph Le Boutillier
Nicholas Campbell
as Guy Simonds
Adrian Hough
as German Officer
Wayne Robson
as Donald Pearce
Nigel Bennett
as Kurt Meyer
Stewart Arnott
as Harry Foster
Production Companies
CBC
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