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Operation Crossbow

Operation Crossbow

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

1965•1h 55m•6.7/10
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6.7/10(113)

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.

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Production

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studios, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Language

EN

Status

Released

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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

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

German Police Inspector

Moray Watson

Moray Watson

Col. Kenneth Post

Richard Wattis

Richard Wattis

Sir Charles Sims

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