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Operation Crossbow
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Operation Crossbow is a 1965 action, drama, and war film directed by Michael Anderson. Produced by Carlo Ponti for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studios, the movie features a cast including George Peppard, Sophia Loren, Trevor Howard, and John Mills. The screenplay was written by Emeric Pressburger, with music composed by Ron Goodwin. The narrative is set in Germany during World War II and focuses on aviation and the sabotage of V1 and V2 rockets.
The film was released in multiple countries, including the United Kingdom and the United States of America, with distribution by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Netflix. It runs for 115 minutes and was originally presented in English and German. The production utilized Metrocolor and had a budget of 115000, generating revenue of 3700000. Critical reception included review scores of 6/10, 70/100, and 75%, alongside an IMDb rating of 6.6.
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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.
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
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- crime film
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- German
- Main subject
- World War II
- Director
- Michael Anderson
- Cast member
- Philip Madoc
- Composer
- Ron Goodwin
- Producer
- Carlo Ponti
- Production company
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Narrative location
- Germany
- Duration
- 111
- FilmAffinity ID
- 904017
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1965-09-02
- title
- Operation Crossbow
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 75%
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