Operation Crossbow

original title:
Operation Crossbow
other titles:
The Great Spy Mission, (Geheimaktion Crossbow)
country / year of production:
Great Britain / 1965
original length:
115 min. , color
premiere:
March 1965
genre:
Thriller
based on:
director:
Michael Anderson
film script:
Duilio Coletti , Vittoriano Petrilli , Emeric Pressburger
producer:
cinematographer:
Erwin Hillier
editor:
Ernest Walter
composer:
Ron Goodwin
cast (role):
George Peppard (Lt. John Curtis) , Tom Courtenay (Robert Henshaw) , Sophia Loren (Nora) , Trevor Howard (Professor Lindemann) , John Mills (General Boyd) , George Peppard , Tom Courtenay , Sophia Loren , Trevor Howard , John Mills
more:
Paul Henreid (General Ziemann) , Lilli Palmer (Frieda) , Richard Johnson (Duncan Sandys) , Jeremy Kemp (Phil Bradley) , Lilli Palmer , Paul Henreid , Richard Johnson , Jeremy Kemp
plot synopsis:
At the end of the Second World War three members of Briitish commando are ordered to destroy a German secret missile base. They parachute into Holland and masquerate as German agents when they enter Germany. After several setbacks, including the the capture of Henshaw, Curtis and Bradley illuminate the missile site for a squadron of allied bombers. The area is destroyed but the two can`t get out alive.
keywords:
espionage , special forces , paratroopers , rocket
war:
Second World War (1939-1945)
literature:
remarks:
Lilli Palmer won the "Prize San Sebastián" as best actress in 1965.
availability:
VHS NTSC, DVD