Overview
Operation Crossbow is a British war film first released in 1965,
directed by Michael Anderson.
The film stars Sophia Loren, George Peppard, Trevor Howard, John Mills and Richard Johnson.
It has also been released under the title: The Great Spy Mission.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
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Director: Michael Anderson
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Script: Duilio Coletti, Vittoriano Petrilli, Emeric Pressburger, Derry Quinn, Ray Rigby
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Photo: Erwin Hillier
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Music: Ron Goodwin
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Cast: 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),
Richard Todd (Wing Cmdr. Kendall),
Sylvia Syms (Constance Babington Smith),
John Fraser (Flight Lt. Kenny),
Maurice Denham (RAF Officer),
Patrick Wymark (Prime Minister Winston Churchill),
Wolf Frees (German Police Inspector),
Moray Watson (Col. Kenneth Post),
Richard Wattis (Sir Charles Sims),
Allan Cuthbertson (German Technical Examiner),
Karel Stepanek (Prof. Hoffer),
William Mervyn,
Milo Sperber (German Hotel Porter),
George Mikell,
Robert Brown (Air Commodore),
Gordon Jackson (R.A.F. Pilot (scenes deleted)),
John Le Mesurier (British Army Officer (scenes deleted)),
John Abineri (A German policeman),
John Alderton (RAF ’Dakota’ navigator),
Guy Deghy (Dutch barge skipper),
Anton Diffring (German Soldier),
Carl Duering (German officer arriving at rocket plant when the plant has been taken over by the SS),
Frank Foley (Parachute Instructor),
John G. Heller (German officer in charge of V2 launch),
Drewe Henley,
Gertan Klauber (Security guard, rocket plant),
Charles Lloyd Pack (Technical Examiner),
Philip Madoc (German police officer),
Ferdy Mayne (German Officer at rocket plant),
James Payne (Lorry driver in airfield),
John Ronane (RAF ’Dakota’ pilot),
Jeremy Spenser (SS Officer at rocket plant)
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Country: UK
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Language: English / German
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Runtime: 115 min; B&W
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Aka: The Great Spy Mission; Code Name: Operation Crossbow
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