Operation Crossbow

1965

PG-13

1h 55m

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6.8/10

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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.

Directors

Michael Anderson

Writers

Vittoriano Petrilli(story by)

Duilio Coletti(story by)

Ray Rigby(screenplay by)

Stars

Sophia Loren

George Peppard

Trevor Howard

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Top cast

Nora Van Ostamgen

Lt. John Curtis

Professor Lindemann

General Boyd

Duncan Sandys

Robert Henshaw

Captain Phil Bradley

Bamford

Frieda

General Ziemann

General Linz

Hannah Reitsch

Wing Cmdr. Kendall

Constance Babington Smith

John Fraser

Flight Lt. Kenny

Maurice Denham

RAF Officer

Patrick Wymark

Prime Minister Winston Churchill

Wolf Frees

German Police Inspector

Directors

Michael Anderson

Writers

Vittoriano Petrilli(story by)

Duilio Coletti(story by)

Ray Rigby(screenplay by)

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6/10

There is something a little bit reminiscent of "The Adventures of Tartu" (1943) about this film. The Nazis are using ever increasingly effective missiles to bombard South East England and when the boffins discover their new, portable, V1 and V2 rockets then a team is assembled to go into the heart of the Reich to carry out some dangerous sabotage. George Peppard, Jeremy Kemp and Tom Courtenay are the three despatched and these characters alongside an interestingly, but effectively, cast Anthony Quayle as their Nazi antagonist work well building a sense of peril as they set about their tasks. It's a little bit cluttered by a bit of a contrived sub-plot with Sophia Loren, but for the most part it is an efficient drama that has just about every British actor you can shake a stick at appearing somewhere - John Mills; Trevor Howard; Richard Johnson; Richard Todd et al. Of course it uses a little cinematic licence - Peppard's Dutch accent (via Detroit) is a bit of a stretch at times - but it's still an engaging piece of wartime adventure cinema with quite an exciting climax.

Geronimo196705 Sep, 2024