Operation Crossbow

Operation Crossbow (1965)

Released: 1965-04-01 Duration: 1hr 55min
Genres: Drama War Thriller
Rating 6.7
Sabotage of Hitler's ingenious weapons of mass destruction...the V1 and V2 rockets!

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.

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studios
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studios
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Additional Info

Budget $115,000.00
Revenue $3,700,000.00
Original Language en
Popularity 15.461

Directed By

Michael Anderson

Crew

Screenplay
Ray Rigby
Screenplay
Derry Quinn
Screenplay
Emeric Pressburger
Director of Photography
Erwin Hillier
Makeup Artist
George Blackler
Producer
Carlo Ponti
Original Music Composer
Ron Goodwin
Focus Puller
Wally Fairweather
Art Direction
Elliot Scott
Conductor
Ron Goodwin
Production Manager
Sydney Streeter
Special Effects
Tom Howard
Sound Mixer
J.B. Smith
Translator
Bernard Doret
Camera Operator
Bob Kindred
Assistant Director
Basil Rayburn
Sound Recordist
Gerry Turner
Sound Editor
Allan Sones
Recording Supervision
A.W. Watkins

TOP CAST

Sophia Loren
Sophia Loren

Nora Van Ostamgen

George Peppard
George Peppard

Lt. John Curtis

Trevor Howard
Trevor Howard

Professor Lindemann

John Mills
John Mills

General Boyd

Richard Johnson
Richard Johnson

Duncan Sandys

Tom Courtenay
Tom Courtenay

Robert Henshaw

Jeremy Kemp
Jeremy Kemp

Captain Phil Bradley

Paul Henreid
Paul Henreid

General Ziemann

Helmut Dantine
Helmut Dantine

General Linz

Barbara Rütting
Barbara Rütting

Hannah Reitsch

Richard Todd
Richard Todd

Wing Cmdr. Kendall

Sylvia Syms
Sylvia Syms

Constance Babington Smith

John Fraser
John Fraser

Flight Lt. Kenny

Maurice Denham
Maurice Denham

RAF Officer

Patrick Wymark
Patrick Wymark

Prime Minister Winston Churchill

Wolf Frees
Wolf Frees

German Police Inspector

Moray Watson
Moray Watson

Col. Kenneth Post

Richard Wattis
Richard Wattis

Sir Charles Sims

Allan Cuthbertson
Allan Cuthbertson

German Technical Examiner

Karl Stepanek
Karl Stepanek

Prof. Hoffer

William Mervyn
William Mervyn

Dutch Technical Examiner

Milo Sperber
Milo Sperber

German Hotel Porter

George Mikell
George Mikell

German Officer

Ferdy Mayne
Ferdy Mayne

German Officer

Robert Brown
Robert Brown

Air Commodore

Anton Diffring
Anton Diffring

SS Sturmbannfuhrer

Philip Madoc
Philip Madoc

German Police Officer

John Abineri
John Abineri

German Policeman

Charles Lloyd Pack
Charles Lloyd Pack

Technical Examiner

Gertan Klauber
Gertan Klauber

Soldier at Rocket Plant

Jeremy Spenser
Jeremy Spenser

SS Officer at Rocket Plant

John Ronane
John Ronane

RAF Dakota Pilot

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