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In Desperate Battle: Normandy 1944

"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."

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)

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Patrick Goyette

as Joseph Le Boutillier

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Nicholas Campbell

as Guy Simonds

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Adrian Hough

as German Officer

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Wayne Robson

as Donald Pearce

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Nigel Bennett

as Kurt Meyer

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Stewart Arnott

as Harry Foster

Crew

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Roman Jarymowycz

Writer

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Roman Jarymowycz

Producer's Assistant

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Alfonso Peccia

Editor

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Terence McKenna

Writer

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Adam Symansky

Producer

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Robert Hackborn

Art Direction

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Arnie Gelbart

Producer

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Neville Ottey

Cinematography

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Brian McKenna

Writer

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Brian McKenna

Director