Movie·1965·1h 55m
Operation Crossbow
Sabotage of Hitler's ingenious weapons of mass destruction...the V1 and V2 rockets!
Directed By
Michael Anderson
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
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The Story
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.
Written By
Emeric Pressburger, Derry Quinn, Ray Rigby
Producer
Carlo Ponti
Cinematography
Erwin Hillier
Music
Ron Goodwin
Editor
Ernest Walter
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
117 votes
Where to watch
Region: US
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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
Wolf Frees
German Police Inspector
// crew
Crew
Michael Anderson
Director
Duilio Coletti
Story
Vittoriano Petrilli
Story
Emeric Pressburger
Screenplay
Derry Quinn
Screenplay
Ray Rigby
Screenplay
Carlo Ponti
Producer
Ron Goodwin
Original Music Composer
Erwin Hillier
Director of Photography
Ernest Walter
Editor
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