Operation Crossbow
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Based on actual historical events and characters, this World War II spy thriller focuses on the development of Hitler's secret rocket weapons, the V1 and V2 flying bombs, and the Allied efforts to destroy them. George Peppard stars as the leader of a trio of intelligence agents who parachute into Germany on a suicide mission to inflitrate and destroy the secret underground Nazi rocket base. Also starring Sophia Loren, Tom Courtenay, Trevor Howard, and John Mills., Presents Dr Goddard who speaks on rockets and jet propulsion.
Credits
- Directed by
- Michael Anderson
- Written by
- Emeric Pressburger, Derry Quinn, Ray Rigby
- Cast
- George Peppard, Sophia Loren, Lilli Palmer, Anton Diffring, Ferdy Mayne, Karel Štěpánek, Sylvia Syms, Richard Johnson, Anthony Quayle, Paul Henreid, Barbara Rütting, Richard Wattis, John Mills, Richard Todd, Robert Brown, Tom Courtenay, Maurice Denham, Philip Madoc …
- Produced by
- Carlo Ponti
- Cinematography
- Erwin Hillier
- Music
- Ron Goodwin
- Edited by
- Ernest Walter
Complete catalog record
Based on actual historical events and characters, this World War II spy thriller focuses on the development of Hitler's secret rocket weapons, the V1 and V2 flying bombs, and the Allied efforts to destroy them. George Peppard stars as the leader of a trio of intelligence agents who parachute into Germany on a suicide mission to inflitrate and destroy the secret underground Nazi rocket base. Also starring Sophia Loren, Tom Courtenay, Trevor Howard, and John Mills., Presents Dr Goddard who speaks on rockets and jet propulsion. NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.
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