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Operation Crossbow

1 Apr 1965 1h 55min PG 6.8/10 (128) EN

“Sabotage of Hitler's ingenious weapons of mass destruction...the V1 and V2 rockets!”

Allied agents infiltrate the Nazi rocket complex at Peenemunde in order to obtain their secrets and sabotage the plant. The film alternates between German developments of the V-1 missile and V-2 rocket (with a German cast speaking their own language) and discovery by British Intelligence of the weapon.

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Director
Michael Anderson
Screenplay
Ray Rigby, Derry Quinn, Emeric Pressburger
Music
Ron Goodwin
Cinematography
Erwin Hillier
Editing
Ernest Walter
Producer
Carlo Ponti
Countries
United Kingdom

Cast

Sophia Loren Nora Van Ostamgen
George Peppard Lt. John Curtis
Trevor Howard Professor Lindemann
John Mills General Boyd
Richard Johnson Duncan Sandys
Tom Courtenay Robert Henshaw
Jeremy Kemp Captain Phil Bradley
Anthony Quayle Bamford
Lilli Palmer Frieda
Paul Henreid General Ziemann
Helmut Dantine General Linz
Barbara Rütting Hannah Reitsch
Richard Todd Wing Cmdr. Kendall
Sylvia Syms Constance Babington Smith
John Fraser Flight Lt. Kenny
Maurice Denham RAF Officer
Patrick Wymark Prime Minister Winston Churchill
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Wolf Frees German Police Inspector
Moray Watson Col. Kenneth Post
Richard Wattis Sir Charles Sims

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Also available in: Austria, Australia, Canada, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Finland, Ireland, Norway, Romania, Sweden, United States

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