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Operation Crossbow
Operation Crossbow

Operation Crossbow

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

Genres

DramaWarThriller

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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.

Others

Budget

$115000

Revenue

$3700000

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

115 mins

Rating

6.7/10

Release Date

01 April 1965

Country

United Kingdom

Cast

Sophia Loren

Sophia Loren

Nora Van Ostamgen

George Peppard

George Peppard

Lt. John Curtis

Trevor Howard

Trevor Howard

Professor Lindemann

John Mills

John Mills

General Boyd

Richard Johnson

Richard Johnson

Duncan Sandys

Tom Courtenay

Tom Courtenay

Robert Henshaw

Jeremy Kemp

Jeremy Kemp

Captain Phil Bradley

Anthony Quayle

Anthony Quayle

Bamford

Lilli Palmer

Lilli Palmer

Frieda

Paul Henreid

Paul Henreid

General Ziemann

Helmut Dantine

Helmut Dantine

General Linz

Barbara Rütting

Barbara Rütting

Hannah Reitsch

Richard Todd

Richard Todd

Wing Cmdr. Kendall

Sylvia Syms

Sylvia Syms

Constance Babington Smith

John Fraser

John Fraser

Flight Lt. Kenny

Maurice Denham

Maurice Denham

RAF Officer

Patrick Wymark

Patrick Wymark

Prime Minister Winston Churchill

Wolf Frees

Wolf Frees

German Police Inspector

Moray Watson

Moray Watson

Col. Kenneth Post

Richard Wattis

Richard Wattis

Sir Charles Sims

Allan Cuthbertson

Allan Cuthbertson

German Technical Examiner

Karl Stepanek

Karl Stepanek

Prof. Hoffer

William Mervyn

William Mervyn

Dutch Technical Examiner

Milo Sperber

Milo Sperber

German Hotel Porter

George Mikell

George Mikell

German Officer

Ferdy Mayne

Ferdy Mayne

German Officer

Robert Brown

Robert Brown

Air Commodore

Anton Diffring

Anton Diffring

SS Sturmbannfuhrer

Philip Madoc

Philip Madoc

German Police Officer

John Abineri

John Abineri

German Policeman

Charles Lloyd Pack

Charles Lloyd Pack

Technical Examiner

Gertan Klauber

Gertan Klauber

Soldier at Rocket Plant

Jeremy Spenser

Jeremy Spenser

SS Officer at Rocket Plant

John Ronane

John Ronane

RAF Dakota Pilot

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