Pegasus Bridge (film)

Pegasus Bridge is an upcoming British war film based on Operation Deadstick, the mission to capture the Bénouville Bridge across the Caen Canal on 6 June 1944 as part of the Normandy landings of World War II. It is directed by Lance Nielsen and due for release in June 2017.

Cast

• Jason Flemyng as Brigadier Nigel Poett
• Phil Davis as Major General Bernard Montgomery
• Danny Webb as General Richard Gale
• Marc Zammit as Lieutenant Danny Thomas
• Jake Francis as Captain Richard Todd
• Mike Beckingham as Captain Bill 'Jack' Bailey
• Scott Peden as Captain Jock Neilson
• Neal Ward as Private Stan Watson

Production

Production calls for 76 on-screen actors and 275 extras. Filming began in August 2016 with locations including Bénouville in Normandy and Oxfordshire in England.

See also

• Pegasus Bridge, the original bridge now part of Memorial Pegasus
• The Longest Day, a 1962 epic war film based on the book of the same name which included the mission to secure Pegasus Bridge

External links

• Pegasus Bridge - The Movie (official site)