Operation “Crossbow” ( Eng. Operation Crossbow ) is a British military feature film from 1965, directed by Michael Anderson and screenplayed by Emerich Pressburger . The film describes the events of the real operation of the same name of the Second World War .
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| Genre | action movie drama military |
| Producer | Michael anderson |
| Producer | Carlo Ponti |
| Author script | Emerich Pressburger Derry Quinn Ray Rigby |
| In the main cast | George Peppard Trevor Howard Sophia Loren Richard Todd John mills Tom courtney |
| Operator | Erwin hiller |
| Composer | Ron goodwin |
| Film company | MGM - British Studios |
| Duration | 115 min. |
| A country |  Great Britain |
| Tongue | and |
| Year | 1965 |
| IMDb | ID 0059549 |
Story
In December 1942, British intelligence received information about German retaliation weapons - long-range missiles. On the basis of aerial photographs, the location of the launchers was found and destroyed by the RAF . But Fau rockets continue to fall on London. It becomes clear that the main goal was not destroyed. According to intelligence reports, the V-1 and V-2 missiles are made on the island of Usedom in the Baltic Sea. It was decided to send three expert experts under the guise of specially trained engineers to a carefully guarded underground factory for the production of V-2 rockets. Their task is to collect information and transfer it to London. But none of them even suspect that the mission is doomed to failure from the very beginning: a double agent has been introduced to the plant ...
The film is based on real events.
Cast
- George Peppard - Lieutenant John Curtis
- Trevor Howard - Professor Lindemann
- John Mills - General Boyd
- Sophia Loren - Nora
- Richard Johnson - Duncan Sandys
- Tom Courtney - Robert Henshaw
- Jeremy Kemp - Phil Bradley
- Anthony Quayle - Bemford
- Lilly Palmer - Frida, hotel owner
- Paul Henrade - General Zimman
- Helmut Dentin - General Linz
- Barbara Rütting - Hanna Reich
- Richard Todd - Commander Kendall
- Patrick Wimark - Prime Minister Winston Churchill
- Anton Diffring - German soldier (not listed in credits)
Links
- "Operation" Crossbow "" (English) on the Internet Movie Database