Country
United States
Date
Apr 01, 1965
Certification
PG-13
Sabotage of Hitler's ingenious weapons of mass destruction...the V1 and V2 rockets!
1h 55min
Overall average
5.0/10
Trailer
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Plot
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.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Maurice Denham | RAF Officer |
| Patrick Wymark | Prime Minister Winston Churchill |
| Wolf Frees | German Police Inspector |
| Moray Watson | Col. Kenneth Post |
| Richard Wattis | Sir Charles Sims |
| Allan Cuthbertson | German Technical Examiner |
| Karl Stepanek | Prof. Hoffer |
| William Mervyn | Dutch Technical Examiner |
| Milo Sperber | German Hotel Porter |
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| George Mikell | German Officer |
| Ferdy Mayne | German Officer |
| Robert Brown | Air Commodore |
| Anton Diffring | SS Sturmbannfuhrer |
| Philip Madoc | German Police Officer |
| John Abineri | German Policeman |
| Charles Lloyd Pack | Technical Examiner |
| Gertan Klauber | Soldier at Rocket Plant |
| Jeremy Spenser | SS Officer at Rocket Plant |
| John Ronane | RAF Dakota Pilot |
| James Payne | Lorry Driver in Airfield |
Genres
DramaWarThriller
Technical details
| Dettaglio | Valore |
|---|---|
| Titolo originale | Operation Crossbow |
| Lingua originale | English (EN) |
| Lingue parlate | English, Deutsch |
| Paesi di produzione | United Kingdom, United States of America |
| Stato | Released |
| Compagnie di produzione | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studios, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Data di uscita | 1 aprile 1965 |
| Producer | Carlo Ponti |
| Writer | Duilio Coletti, Vittoriano Petrilli, Emeric Pressburger, Derry Quinn, Ray Rigby |
| Editors | Ernest Walter |
| Cinematography | Erwin Hillier, Wally Fairweather, Bob Kindred |
| Asst. Directors | Basil Rayburn, Michael Anderson |
| Camera Operators | Bob Kindred, Erwin Hillier, Wally Fairweather |
| Add. Photography | Erwin Hillier, Wally Fairweather, Bob Kindred |
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| Production Design | Elliot Scott |
| Art Direction | Elliot Scott |
| Set Decoration | Elliot Scott |
| Special Effects | Tom Howard |
| Composer | Ron Goodwin, A.W. Watkins, Gerry Turner, J.B. Smith, Allan Sones |
| Sound | Ron Goodwin, A.W. Watkins, Gerry Turner, J.B. Smith, Allan Sones |
| Costume Design | George Blackler |
| Makeup | George Blackler |
| Hairstyling | George Blackler |
| Budget | 115.000 € |
| Incasso | 3.700.000 € |
Release dates
Theatrical release
Country
United Kingdom
Date
May 19, 1965
Certification
PG
Country
Denmark
Date
Aug 23, 1965
Certification
15
Country
Germany
Date
Sep 02, 1965
Certification
16
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Country
Brazil
Date
Jan 01, 1966
Certification
e 14
Country
Portugal
Date
Apr 20, 1966
Certification
e 14
Physical media
Country
Netherlands
Date
Oct 18, 2005
Certification
12
Note
DVD
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