Opération Crossbow (1965)
En décembre 1942, les services secrets anglais reçoivent des rapports faisant état de la mise au point par les Allemands de nouvelles armes dévastatrices (V1). Le professeur Lindemann, conseiller scientifique de Winston Churchill, se montre des plus sceptiques quant à la réalité de l'information et les Alliés concluent un peu trop hâtivement à une manœuvre d'intoxication. Des savants, placés sous les ordres du général Ziemann, se livrent pourtant bel et bien à des essais de nouvelles bombes volantes dans la base secrète de Peenemünde, sur les bords de la mer Baltique. Afin de déterminer la nature exacte des recherches allemandes et faciliter la destruction des installations de Peenemünde, trois agents sont recrutés au sein des forces alliées. Scientifiques de formation et experts en langues étrangères, ils ont pour mission de se faire passer pour des ingénieurs pro-nazis (entretemps décédés, ce que les Allemands, désespérément à la recherche d'experts en balistique, semblent ignorer).
Directeur:
Michael Anderson
écrivains:
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 |
