Drama ·War ·Thriller · United Kingdom · 1965 · 1h 55m

Operation Crossbow

Director

Cast

Sophia Loren as Nora Van Ostamgen George Peppard as Lt. John Curtis Trevor Howard as Professor Lindemann John Mills as General Boyd Richard Johnson as Duncan Sandys Tom Courtenay as Robert Henshaw

Crew

Erwin Hillier — Director of Photography Ernest Walter — Editor Ron Goodwin — Original Music Composer Ray Rigby — Screenplay Derry Quinn — Screenplay Emeric Pressburger — Screenplay

Tagline

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

Synopsis

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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