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.
Top Billed Cast
Terence McKenna
Narrator
Roman Jarymowycz
interviewer
Jacques Dextraze
Self (Fusiliers Mont-Royal)
Sydney Radley-Walters
Self (Sherbrooke Regiment)
Patrick Goyette
Joseph Le Boutillier
Featured Crew
Brian McKenna
Director
Brian McKenna
Writer
Roman Jarymowycz
Writer
Terence McKenna
Writer
Arnie Gelbart
Producer
Adam Symansky
Producer
Roman Jarymowycz
Producer's Assistant
Neville Ottey
Cinematography
Alfonso Peccia
Editor
Robert Hackborn
Art Direction