Operation Crossbow 58 years old

Sabotage of Hitler's ingenious weapons of mass destruction...the V1 and V2 rockets!

Operation Crossbow

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.

Credits

Operation Crossbow Cast

Name Character
John Mills He was 57, 97 years old when he died as General Boyd
Lilli Palmer She was 50, 71 years old when she died as Frieda
Paul Henreid He was 57, 84 years old when he died as General Ziemann
Anthony Quayle He was 51, 76 years old when he died as Bamford
Sophia Loren She was 30, now 89 years old as Nora
Barbara Rütting She was 37, now 96 years old as Hannah Reitsch
Trevor Howard He was 51, 74 years old when he died as Professor Lindemann
Maurice Denham He was 55, 92 years old when he died as RAF Officer
Anton Diffring He was 46, 70 years old when he died as SS Sturmbannfuhrer
John Fraser He was 107, 69 years old when he died as Flight Lt. Kenny
Richard Wattis He was 53, 62 years old when he died as Sir Charles Sims
Patrick Wymark He was 38, 44 years old when he died as Prime Minister Winston Churchill
Sylvia Syms She was 31, now 90 years old as Constance Babington Smith
Helmut Dantine He was 47, 64 years old when he died as General Linz
George Mikell He was 34, now 93 years old as German Officer
George Peppard He was 36, 65 years old when he died as Lt. John Curtis
Ferdy Mayne He was 49, 81 years old when he died as German Officer
Jeremy Spenser He was 27, now 86 years old as SS Officer at Rocket Plant
Charles Lloyd Pack He was 62, 81 years old when he died as Technical Examiner
Jeremy Kemp He was 30, 84 years old when he died as Phil Bradley
Richard Todd He was 45, 90 years old when he died as Wing Cmdr. Kendall
Allan Cuthbertson He was 44, 67 years old when he died as German Technical Examiner
Karel Štěpánek He was 65, 81 years old when he died as Prof. Hoffer
Richard Johnson He was 37, 87 years old when he died as Duncan Sandys
Tom Courtenay He was 28, now 87 years old as Robert Henshaw
William Mervyn He was 53, 64 years old when he died as Dutch Technical Examiner
Philip Madoc He was 30, 77 years old when he died as German Police Officer
Gertan Klauber He was 33, 76 years old when he died as Soldier at Rocket Plant
John Ronane He was 31, 85 years old when he died as RAF Dakota Pilot
John Abineri He was 36, 72 years old when he died as German Policeman
Moray Watson He was 36, 88 years old when he died as Col. Kenneth Post
Wolf Frees He was 55, now 114 years old as German Police Inspector
Milo Sperber He was 54, 81 years old when he died as German Hotel Porter
Robert Brown (British actor) He was 43, 82 years old when he died as Air Commodore

Operation Crossbow Crew

Name Department
Carlo Ponti as Producer. He was 52 (94) years old when He died Production
Ron Goodwin as Original Music Composer. He was 40 (77) years old when He died Sound
Ernest Walter as Editor. He was 45 (80) years old when He died Editing
Erwin Hillier as Director of Photography. He was 53 (93) years old when He died Camera
Duilio Coletti as Story. He was 58 (92) years old when He died Writing
Derry Quinn as Screenplay. He was 47 (69) years old when He died Writing
Vittoriano Petrilli as Story. Writing
Emeric Pressburger as Screenplay. He was 62 (85) years old when He died Writing
Ray Rigby as Screenplay. Ray Rigby was 15 (49) years old when Ray Rigby died Writing
Operation Crossbow poster
Operation Crossbow (58 years)

Sabotage of Hitler's ingenious weapons of mass destruction...the V1 and V2 rockets!

  • Release day: Thursday, April 01, 1965
  • Runtime: 115 minutes
  • Budget: 115.00