Operation Crossbow

Operation Crossbow (1965)

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.

Date of release
1965-04-01
TMDB
6.7 / 10 (126)
Runtime
1h 55m
Genres
Drama, War, Thriller
Director
Michael Anderson

Casting

  • Sophia Loren — Nora Van Ostamgen
  • George Peppard — Lt. John Curtis
  • Trevor Howard — Professor Lindemann
  • John Mills — General Boyd
  • Richard Johnson — Duncan Sandys
  • Tom Courtenay — Robert Henshaw
  • Jeremy Kemp — Captain Phil Bradley
  • Anthony Quayle — Bamford
  • Lilli Palmer — Frieda
  • Paul Henreid — General Ziemann
  • Helmut Dantine — General Linz
  • Barbara Rütting — Hannah Reitsch

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