Operation Crossbow (1965)
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.
Director:
Michael Anderson
Writers:
Derry Quinn, Ray Rigby, Emeric Pressburger.
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Sophia Loren as Nora Van Ostamgen |
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George Peppard as Lt. John Curtis |
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Trevor Howard as Professor Lindemann |
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John Mills as General Boyd |
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Richard Johnson as Duncan Sandys |
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Tom Courtenay as Robert Henshaw |
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Jeremy Kemp as Captain Phil Bradley |
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Anthony Quayle as Bamford |
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Lilli Palmer as Frieda |
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Paul Henreid as General Ziemann |
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Helmut Dantine as General Linz |
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Barbara Rütting as Hannah Reitsch |
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Richard Todd as Wing Cmdr. Kendall |
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Sylvia Syms as Constance Babington Smith |
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John Fraser as Flight Lt. Kenny |
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Maurice Denham as RAF Officer |
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Patrick Wymark as Prime Minister Winston Churchill |
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Wolf Frees as German Police Inspector |
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Moray Watson as Col. Kenneth Post |
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Richard Wattis as Sir Charles Sims |
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Allan Cuthbertson as German Technical Examiner |
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Karl Stepanek as Prof. Hoffer |
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William Mervyn as Dutch Technical Examiner |
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Milo Sperber as German Hotel Porter |
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George Mikell as German Officer |
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Ferdy Mayne as German Officer |
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Robert Brown as Air Commodore |
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Anton Diffring as SS Sturmbannfuhrer |
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Philip Madoc as German Police Officer |
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John Abineri as German Policeman |
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Charles Lloyd Pack as Technical Examiner |
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Gertan Klauber as Soldier at Rocket Plant |
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Jeremy Spenser as SS Officer at Rocket Plant |
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John Ronane as RAF Dakota Pilot |
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James Payne as Lorry Driver in Airfield |
| Writing | Duilio Coletti | Story |
| Writing | Derry Quinn | Screenplay |
| Directing | Michael Anderson | Director |
| Writing | Ray Rigby | Screenplay |
| Writing | Vittoriano Petrilli | Story |
| Writing | Emeric Pressburger | Screenplay |
| Costume & Make-Up | George Blackler | Makeup Artist |
| Editing | Ernest Walter | Editor |
| Sound | Ron Goodwin | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Erwin Hillier | Director of Photography |
| Production | Carlo Ponti | Producer |
| Camera | Wally Fairweather | Focus Puller |
| Art | Elliot Scott | Art Direction |
| Crew | Tom Howard | Special Effects |
| Camera | Bob Kindred | Camera Operator |
| Directing | Basil Rayburn | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Gerry Turner | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Allan Sones | Sound Editor |
| Crew | Bernard Doret | Translator |
| Sound | J.B. Smith | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | A.W. Watkins | Recording Supervision |
| Sound | Ron Goodwin | Conductor |
| Production | Sydney Streeter | Production Manager |
