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.

Director: Brian McKenna

Cast: Terence McKenna, Roman Jarymowycz, Jacques Dextraze, Sydney Radley-Walters, Patrick Goyette, Nicholas Campbell, Adrian Hough, Wayne Robson

Audience-only score — full critic data not yet in the ReelXO vault.