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Sabotage of Hitler's ingenious weapons of mass destruction...the V1 and V2 rockets! - Operation Crossbow
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Title: Operation Crossbow

Release Date: 1 Apr 1965

Runtime: 1h 55m

Genre: Drama, War, Thriller

Director: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studios, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Production Companies: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studios, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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.

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Average Vote: 6.7 (105 votes)

Cast

  • Nora Van Ostamgen: Sophia Loren
  • Lt. John Curtis: George Peppard
  • Professor Lindemann: Trevor Howard
  • General Boyd: John Mills
  • Duncan Sandys: Richard Johnson
  • Robert Henshaw: Tom Courtenay
  • Captain Phil Bradley: Jeremy Kemp
  • Bamford: Anthony Quayle
  • Frieda: Lilli Palmer
  • General Ziemann: Paul Henreid
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