Ill Met by Moonlight
They stole a General under the noses of his 20,000 crack paratroops.
6.2
46 votes
1957
1h 44m
War
Adventure
Action
Overview
Led by British officers, partisans on Crete plan to kidnap the island's German commander and smuggle him to Cairo to embarrass the occupiers.
Directed by Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell
Top cast
Dirk Bogarde
Maj. Patrick Leigh Fermor aka "Philedem"
David Oxley
Capt. William Stanley "Bill" Moss
Marius Goring
Major General Kreipe
Dimitri Andreas
Niko Soldan Emeris
Cyril Cusack
Captain Sandy Rendel
Laurence Payne
ManoliW
Wolfe Morris
George
Michael Gough
Andoni Zoidakis
John Cairney
Elias
Brian Worth
Roland Bartrop
MikiG
George Eugeniou
Paul Stassino
Yani KatsiasP
Peter Augustine
The Dentist
Christopher Rhodes
General Breuer
Christopher Lee
German officer at The Dentist's office
Richard Marner
German Officer with Gen. Breuer
David McCallum
Sailor on Pick Up Ship (uncredited bit)
Peter Swanwick
Spectacled Officer with General BreuerA
Adeeb Assaly
Details
Status
Released
Release date
January 31, 1957
Budget
$215K
Revenue
—
Language
German, Greek, English
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