Battle of Britain is a 1969 British war film directed by Guy Hamilton, and produced by Harry Saltzman and S. Benjamin Fisz. The film documents the events of the Battle of Britain. The film drew many respected British actors to accept roles as key figures of the battle, including Laurence Olivier as Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding, Trevor Howard as Air Vice-Marshal Keith Park, and Patrick Wymark as Air Vice-Marshal Trafford Leigh-Mallory. It also starred Michael Caine, Christopher Plummer, and Robert Shaw as Squadron Leaders. The script by James Kennaway and Wilfred Greatorex was based on the book The Narrow Margin by Derek Wood and Derek Dempster.
U.S. theatrical release poster
HA-1112 Buchón in 2015, still sporting the livery worn during filming of Battle of Britain. It was also used in the 2017 film Dunkirk
The Jackdaw Inn in 2007.
The port of Hondarribia, Spain (here in a later state) was shown as the port of Calais, full with invasion craft.
Mervyn Ian Guy Hamilton, DSC was an English film director. He directed 22 films from the 1950s to the 1980s, including four James Bond films.
Hamilton in 1967
Hamilton (centre, in light suit), with Sean Connery at the filming of Diamonds Are Forever in Amsterdam, 1971
