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Operation Crossbow( 1965)

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

Overview

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Sophia Loren

      Nora Van Ostamgen

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      George Peppard

      Lt. John Curtis

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      Trevor Howard

      Professor Lindemann

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      John Mills

      General Boyd

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      Richard Johnson

      Duncan Sandys

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      Tom Courtenay

      Robert Henshaw

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      Jeremy Kemp

      Captain Phil Bradley

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      Anthony Quayle

      Bamford

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      Lilli Palmer

      Frieda

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      Paul Henreid

      General Ziemann

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      Helmut Dantine

      General Linz

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      Barbara Rütting

      Hannah Reitsch

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      Richard Todd

      Wing Cmdr. Kendall

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      Sylvia Syms

      Constance Babington Smith

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      John Fraser

      Flight Lt. Kenny

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      Maurice Denham

      RAF Officer

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      Patrick Wymark

      Prime Minister Winston Churchill

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      Wolf Frees

      German Police Inspector

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      Moray Watson

      Col. Kenneth Post

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      Richard Wattis

      Sir Charles Sims

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      Allan Cuthbertson

      German Technical Examiner

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      Karl Stepanek

      Prof. Hoffer

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      William Mervyn

      Dutch Technical Examiner

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      Milo Sperber

      German Hotel Porter

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      George Mikell

      German Officer

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      Ferdy Mayne

      German Officer

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      Robert Brown

      Air Commodore

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      Anton Diffring

      SS Sturmbannfuhrer

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      Philip Madoc

      German Police Officer

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      John Abineri

      German Policeman

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      Charles Lloyd Pack

      Technical Examiner

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      Gertan Klauber

      Soldier at Rocket Plant

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      Jeremy Spenser

      SS Officer at Rocket Plant

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      John Ronane

      RAF Dakota Pilot

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    A review by John Chard

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    Written by John Chard on Fri Nov 20 2015
    If you're chute doesn't open, change it for a harp! A passable WWII movie boosted by star casting and a grand finale. Plot essentially is about some Allied agents planning to infiltrate the Nazis' secretive rocket factory in Holland and destroy their deadly V rockets. Much of the pic is given to character forming and painting political, army and human passion based groundwork. Unfortunately the narrative often sags and has some uneven patches that can take one out of the story line. On the plus side the finale is worth waiting for, full of suspense and heroics, while the espionage angle h...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    115000.00

    Revenue

    3700000.00

    Keywords

    • nazi
    • rocket