Operation Crossbow
Sabotage of Hitler's ingenious weapons of mass destruction...the V1 and V2 rockets!
6.7
123 votes
1965
1h 55m
Drama
War
Thriller
Overview
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.
Directed by Michael Anderson
Top cast
Sophia Loren
Nora Van Ostamgen
George Peppard
Lt. John Curtis
Trevor Howard
Professor Lindemann
John Mills
General Boyd
Richard Johnson
Duncan Sandys
Tom Courtenay
Robert Henshaw
Jeremy Kemp
Captain Phil Bradley
Anthony Quayle
Bamford
Lilli Palmer
Frieda
Paul Henreid
General Ziemann
Helmut Dantine
General Linz
Barbara Rütting
Hannah Reitsch
Richard Todd
Wing Cmdr. Kendall
Sylvia Syms
Constance Babington Smith
John Fraser
Flight Lt. Kenny
Maurice Denham
RAF Officer
Patrick Wymark
Prime Minister Winston ChurchillW
Wolf Frees
German Police Inspector
Moray Watson
Col. Kenneth Post
Richard Wattis
Sir Charles SimsDetails
Status
Released
Release date
April 1, 1965
Budget
$115K
Revenue
$3.7M
Language
English, German
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