They Who Dare

Overview

In Greece during the war a small group of British commandoes and patriots land on an island with orders to attack two airfields from which the Luftwaffe is threatening allied forces in Egypt. The island is crawling with troops, and even moving by night the men soon run into trouble.

Directed by Lewis Milestone

Top cast

Dirk Bogarde

Lieutenant Graham

Denholm Elliott

Sergeant Corcoran

Eric Pohlmann

Captain Papadapoulos

Akim Tamiroff

Captain George One

H

Harold Siddons

Lieutenant Stevens

William Russell

Lieutenant Poole

Sam Kydd

Marine Boyd

G

Gérard Oury

Captain George Two

David Peel

Sergeant Evans

Michael Mellinger

Toplis

Alec Mango

Patroklis

A

Anthea Leigh

Marika

Lisa Gastoni

George Two's Girlfriend

Kay Callard

Nightclub Singer

Eileen Way

Greek Woman

Peter Burton

Marine Barrett (uncredited)

E

Ernest Bale

Submarine Executive Officer (uncredited)

C

Christopher Rhodes

German Officer (uncredited)

Robert Rietti

Italian Officer (uncredited)

P

Peter Taylor

German Officer (uncredited)

Details