Although the movie was made under the auspices of the First Motion Picture Unit[?], a branch of the United States Army Air Corps, this is not a rah-rah paean to patriotism. It just shows the everyday courage of the men who manned these planes in wartime. The crew included:
A fictionalized version of the story was made as Memphis Belle in 1990. It stars Matthew Modine[?], Eric Stoltz[?], Tate Donovan[?], D.B. Sweeney[?], Billy Zane[?], Sean Astin, Harry Connick Jr.[?] and Reed Diamond[?]. It was written by Monte Merrick[?] and directed by Michael Caton-Jones[?].
In 2001 the United States Library of Congress deemed the original version "culturally significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry.
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