The Machine Gunners (1983)
4.3 of 5 from 45 ratings
2h 30min
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- Synopsis:
- The story is set during the Second World War and deals with a group of children living in the North East of England in a town called Garmouth regularly suffering from bomb attacks by the German forces. One of the children raids a German aircraft that crashed in the area and takes a fully operational machine gun, intending to set up their own fortress. They fire the gun at a German plane, missing it but forcing it to crash-land; the gang befriend the pilot, not knowing that they had caused him to crash. The plot reflects the terrors, paranoias and anxieties which were part of 1940's Britain.
- Actors:
- Shaun Taylor, Debbie Breen, Tony Saint, Alastair Craig, Andrew Craig, John Gannie, Harry Herring, Pauline Moriarty, Les Wilde, Adrian Dawson, Lyn Douglas, Michael Mould, Raymond Pattison, Jürgen Andersen, Paul Butcher, Art Davies, Dick Irwin, Allen Dale, Gwen Doran, Gillian Lambton
- Directors:
- Colin Cant
- Producers:
- Paul Stone
- Writers:
- William Corlett, Robert Westall
- Genres:
- British TV, TV Action & Adventure, TV Children & Family, TV Dramas, TV Military & War Dramas
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