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Operation Crossbow
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6.7Allied 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.
Released: 1965-04-01115 minDir: Michael AndersonDrama, War, ThrillerBudget: $115,000Box office: $3.7M
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Cast
- Sophia Loren as Nora Van Ostamgen
- George Peppard as Lt. John Curtis
- Trevor Howard as Professor Lindemann
- John Mills as General Boyd
- Richard Johnson as Duncan Sandys
- Tom Courtenay as Robert Henshaw
Themes
- nazi
- rocket
- metrocolor
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 111
- FilmAffinity ID
- 904017
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- publication date
- 1965-09-02
- title
- Operation Crossbow
- review score
- 75%
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Emeric Pressburger
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aerial reconnaissance
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Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell
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Winston Churchill
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Nazi Germany
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fiction
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Sophia Loren
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IMDb
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The New York Times
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Wayback Machine
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Wernher von Braun
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Apollo program
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Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
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parachute
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Norfolk
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Categories
1960s spy thriller films1960s war drama films1965 British films1965 drama films1965 English-language films1965 films1965 thriller films1965 war filmsBritish aviation filmsBritish films based on actual eventsBritish spy thriller filmsBritish war drama filmsEnglish-language spy thriller filmsEnglish-language war drama filmsFilms about Nazi GermanyFilms adapted into comicsFilms directed by Michael AndersonFilms produced by Carlo PontiFilms scored by Ron GoodwinFilms shot at MGM-British StudiosMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer filmsOperation CrossbowTemplate film date with 2 release datesThriller films based on actual events