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Operation Crossbow (1965) -- Allied agents attempt to infiltrate the Nazis' rocket research site.

Overview

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Director:
Michael Anderson
Writers:
Duilio Coletti (story) &
Vittoriano Petrilli (story) ...
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Release Date:
1 April 1965 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Drama | War more
Plot:
Allied agents attempt to infiltrate the Nazis' rocket research site. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 win more
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Cast

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Sophia Loren ... Nora

George Peppard ... Lt. John Curtis
Trevor Howard ... Professor Lindemann

John Mills ... General Boyd
Richard Johnson ... Duncan Sandys
Tom Courtenay ... Robert Henshaw
Jeremy Kemp ... Phil Bradley
Anthony Quayle ... Bamford
Lilli Palmer ... Frieda

Paul Henreid ... General Ziemann
Helmut Dantine ... General Linz
Barbara Rütting ... Hannah Reitsch (as Barbara Rueting)
Richard Todd ... Wing Cmdr. Kendall
Sylvia Syms ... Constance Babington Smith
John Fraser ... Flight Lt. Kenny
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Great Spy Mission (UK) (USA) (reissue title)
Code Name: Operation Crossbow
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for some war violence.
Runtime:
115 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English | German
Color:
Black and White (archive footage) | Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.20 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) (Westrex Recording System) | Mono (35 mm prints) (Westrex Recording System)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
For the section of the film where RAF Bomber Command raid the Peenemunde rocket research site the producers used the Avro Lancaster PA474 used by the Cranfield institute of technology. PA474 was painted in 83 squadron colours in the summer of 1964 for the movie. PA474 now flies as part of the RAF Battle of Britain memorial flight. more
Goofs:
Continuity: The same victims appear after both V-1 and V-2 attacks - the footage showing the rescue from a collapsed building has a shaggy headed (for 1944) man being helped from the wreckage (on the right side of the frame), shown as a distance shot through a hole in a wall, then first appearing, and finally stumbling out. Note there is one rescuer with a white helmet in all these scenes. more
Movie Connections:
Edited into Damnation Alley (1977) more

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15 out of 17 people found the following comment useful:-
Great War Movie, 18 December 2003
10/10
Author: rlrblademan07 from New York

I wish this Film were shown more as it is an excellent WW2 movie with great atmosphere. George Peppard is the real star of the film with gorgeous Sophia Loren top billed in a cameo part. I think this is one of Peppard's most underrated films.

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