Operation Crossbow
“Sabotage of Hitler's ingenious weapons of mass destruction...the V1 and V2 rockets!”
1965•PG-13•1h 55m•6.7•Released
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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.
Director
Michael Anderson
Writer
Ray Rigby, Derry Quinn, Emeric Pressburger
Budget
$0M
Revenue
$4M
Languages
English, German
Studio
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studios
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
Production
Company
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studios
Company
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Producer
Carlo Ponti
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