Operation Crossbow 59 years old
Sabotage of Hitler's ingenious weapons of mass destruction...the V1 and V2 rockets!
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.
Credits
Operation Crossbow Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| John Mills He was 57, 97 years old when he died | as General Boyd |
| Lilli Palmer She was 50, 71 years old when she died | as Frieda |
| Paul Henreid He was 57, 84 years old when he died | as General Ziemann |
| Anthony Quayle He was 51, 76 years old when he died | as Bamford |
| Sophia Loren She was 30, now 90 years old | as Nora |
| Barbara Rütting She was 37, now 97 years old | as Hannah Reitsch |
| Trevor Howard He was 51, 74 years old when he died | as Professor Lindemann |
| Maurice Denham He was 55, 92 years old when he died | as RAF Officer |
| Anton Diffring He was 46, 70 years old when he died | as SS Sturmbannfuhrer |
| John Fraser He was 107, 69 years old when he died | as Flight Lt. Kenny |
| Richard Wattis He was 53, 62 years old when he died | as Sir Charles Sims |
| Patrick Wymark He was 38, 44 years old when he died | as Prime Minister Winston Churchill |
| Sylvia Syms She was 31, now 90 years old | as Constance Babington Smith |
| Helmut Dantine He was 47, 64 years old when he died | as General Linz |
| George Mikell He was 34, now 94 years old | as German Officer |
| George Peppard He was 36, 65 years old when he died | as Lt. John Curtis |
| Ferdy Mayne He was 49, 81 years old when he died | as German Officer |
| Jeremy Spenser He was 27, now 87 years old | as SS Officer at Rocket Plant |
| Charles Lloyd Pack He was 62, 81 years old when he died | as Technical Examiner |
| Jeremy Kemp He was 30, 84 years old when he died | as Phil Bradley |
| Richard Todd He was 45, 90 years old when he died | as Wing Cmdr. Kendall |
| Allan Cuthbertson He was 44, 67 years old when he died | as German Technical Examiner |
| Karel Štěpánek He was 65, 81 years old when he died | as Prof. Hoffer |
| Richard Johnson He was 37, 87 years old when he died | as Duncan Sandys |
| Tom Courtenay He was 28, now 87 years old | as Robert Henshaw |
| William Mervyn He was 53, 64 years old when he died | as Dutch Technical Examiner |
| Philip Madoc He was 30, 77 years old when he died | as German Police Officer |
| Gertan Klauber He was 33, 76 years old when he died | as Soldier at Rocket Plant |
| John Ronane He was 31, 85 years old when he died | as RAF Dakota Pilot |
| John Abineri He was 36, 72 years old when he died | as German Policeman |
| Moray Watson He was 36, 88 years old when he died | as Col. Kenneth Post |
| Wolf Frees He was 55, now 115 years old | as German Police Inspector |
| Milo Sperber He was 54, 81 years old when he died | as German Hotel Porter |
| Robert Brown (British actor) He was 43, 82 years old when he died | as Air Commodore |
Operation Crossbow Crew
| Name | Department |
|---|---|
| Carlo Ponti as Producer. He was 52 (94) years old when He died | Production |
| Ron Goodwin as Original Music Composer. He was 40 (77) years old when He died | Sound |
| Ernest Walter as Editor. He was 45 (80) years old when He died | Editing |
| Erwin Hillier as Director of Photography. He was 53 (93) years old when He died | Camera |
| Duilio Coletti as Story. He was 58 (92) years old when He died | Writing |
| Derry Quinn as Screenplay. He was 47 (69) years old when He died | Writing |
| Vittoriano Petrilli as Story. | Writing |
| Emeric Pressburger as Screenplay. He was 62 (85) years old when He died | Writing |
| Ray Rigby as Screenplay. Ray Rigby was 15 (49) years old when Ray Rigby died | Writing |
Operation Crossbow (59 years)
Sabotage of Hitler's ingenious weapons of mass destruction...the V1 and V2 rockets!
- Release day: Thursday, April 01, 1965
- Runtime: 115 minutes
- Budget: 115.00