Operation Crossbow
Sabotage of Hitler's ingenious weapons of mass destruction...the V1 and V2 rockets!
1965 · 1h 55m · PG-13
Drama, Thriller, War
Directed by
Michael Anderson
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Operation Crossbow
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.
Director and cast
- Michael Anderson Director
- 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
- Jeremy Kemp as Captain Phil Bradley
- Anthony Quayle as Bamford
- Lilli Palmer as Frieda
- Paul Henreid as General Ziemann
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