by Phill Coleman
08/23/2026

Although he was given some mention in every major (and minor) D-Day film, Group Captain James Stagg has never been honored with a primary focus. But Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Cass Marks and Lucas Webb bestowed that honor in the magnificently crafted film, Pressure... starring Andrew Scott who is on track to becoming closet to Gary Oldman in the small group of the finest, most multi-dimensional actors of all time who can convincingly reproduce any character... with extreme accuracy.

Deserving equal praise for the accurate portrayals in critical D-Day roles is Brendan Fraser as Dwight Eisenhower, Kerry Condon as Kay Summersby, Damian Lewis as Sir George Montgomery, and Chris Messina as Maj. Iriving Krick. Few films have achieved a similiar level of necessary accuracy and emotional content to be true to history. Pressure is a must-collectable dram-ocumentary for any historians film archive. History MUST be preserved!!!

-- Phill Coleman
Senior Librarian, The American War Library

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