Only once before, in The Longest Day, has a motion picture achieved such greatness !
Weekend at Dunkirk
In June 1940, during the Dunkirk evacuation of Allied troops to England, French sergeant Julien Maillat and his men debate whether to evacuate to Britain or stay and fight the German troops that are closing-in from all directions.
Henri VerneuilDirector
Robert MerleNovel
Top Billed Cast
Jean-Paul Belmondo
Julien Maillat
Catherine Spaak
Jeanne
Georges Géret
Pinot
Jean-Pierre Marielle
Pierson
François Périer
Alexandre
Pierre Mondy
Dhéry
Ronald Howard
le capitaine Robinson
Dominique Zardi
le caporal-chef réceptionniste
Marie Dubois
Hélène, la femme d'Atkins
Christian Barbier
Paul
Jean-Paul Roussillon
le gouape
Paul Préboist
le soldat qui boit
Pierre Vernier
un croque-mort
François Guérin
Le lieutenant pressé
Kenneth Haigh
Atkins
