In WW2, a RAF squadron leader mourns the death of a comrade and receives a bombing mission against a secret Nazi V-2 rocket testing facility in France.
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| David McCallum | ... | Quint Munroe | |
| Suzanne Neve | ... | Beth Scott | |
| Charles Gray | ... | Air Commodore Hufford | |
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David Buck | ... | Sqn. Ldr. David 'Scotty' Scott |
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David Dundas | ... | Flt. Lieut. Douglas Shelton |
| Dinsdale Landen | ... | Wing Commander Clyde Penrose | |
| Nicky Henson | ... | Flt. Sgt. Wiley Bunce | |
| Bryan Marshall | ... | Sqn. Ldr. Neale | |
| Michael Anthony | ... | Father Bellague | |
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Peggy Thorpe-Bates | ... | Mrs. Scott |
| Peter Copley | ... | Mr. Scott | |
| Vladek Sheybal | ... | Lieutenant Schack | |
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Michael McGovern | ... | Flt. Lieutenant Bannister |
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Squadron Leader Quint Munroe, an RAF pilot in World War II, has a hard time dealing with the presumed death in action of fellow Sq. Leader David 'Scotty' Scott, whose family practically raised him when he was orphaned, so they were like brothers. RAF Air Commodore Hufford has a crucial task for Quint, who is no longer serving in the squadron: a reconnaissance flight over the château de Charlon, a castle in occupied France, where the Nazis are probably developing a new generation of flying bombs; the defenses are indeed suspiciously tight. When analyzed, the photos show the castle grounds harbor an underground launching tunnel, and Quint gets a nearly impossible precision top-secret mission: select and train a team in only 10 days, when the French underground believes the first launch is planned, to 'aim' a new type of bouncing bomb into the tunnel, to blow up the whole Luftwaffe installation. Quint falls in love with Scotty's young widow Beth Scott, whose crippled brother, Flight ... Written by KGF Vissers
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23 January 1970 (UK) See more »Also Known As:
Esquadrão Mosquito See more »Company Credits
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This was not the first movie to feature "bouncing bombs". They were seen in the earlier British war movie, The Dam Busters (1955). See more »Goofs
There are only 4 Mosquitos attacking the V-1 launchers in the opening sequence, but 6 loads of bombs are shown being dropped. See more »Quotes
Flt. Lieut. Douglas Shelton: [Watching the German film of RAF prisoners being delivered to Charlon] That's Scotty!See more »
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Sometimes when you're watching an obscure late night movie on cable that stars Treat Williams you may notice scenes from another much more famous film edited into the scenario . If I remember correctly CRITICAL MASS and a couple of other movies do this and I'd previously thought this was a recent concept . Apparently not since I remembered a couple of scenes from 633 SQUADRON which has been edited into this film . Not only that but there is at least one other scene that has been edited from OPERATION CROSSBOW . I guess I should be consistent here and say that if you can't make your own movie then don't bother
Let's not get too self righteous because when MOSQUITO SQUADRON was produced they'd be double features in cinema chains and this is a B movie which was made to be shown before the main feature and contains a lot of aspects you'd expect from this type of production . There's a few familiar faces but no major stars while many of the production team have the majority of their resumes in television . The story itself is hardly groundbreaking with stiff upper lipped Brits and feisty freedom fighters from occupied territories doing their best to defeat those goose stepping Nazis who all speak English with a strange accent . If you like adventure stories or war films then you'll find this a nice enough time waster , though the dilemmas involving people carrying out a wartime mission is slightly under developed