Operation Crossbow

1965 · directed by Michael Anderson

Rating
69/100
Hit
no

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.

Operation Crossbow (1965), directed by Michael Anderson, rates 69/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

  • Sophia Loren
  • George Peppard
  • Trevor Howard
  • John Mills
  • Richard Johnson
  • Tom Courtenay
  • Jeremy Kemp
  • Anthony Quayle
  • Lilli Palmer
  • Paul Henreid

Crew

  • Erwin Hillier — Director of Photography
  • Ernest Walter — Editor
  • Ron Goodwin — Original Music Composer
  • Derry Quinn — Screenplay
  • Emeric Pressburger — Screenplay
  • Ray Rigby — Screenplay

More from Michael Anderson

  1. The Dam Busters (1955) — 83/100 · hit
  2. Around the World in 80 Days (1956) — 73/100
  3. 1984 (1956) — 67/100
  4. Logan's Run (1976) — 62/100
  5. The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968) — 59/100
  6. The Quiller Memorandum (1966) — 59/100

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