Summary
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.
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 Churchill
Wolf Frees
German Police Inspector
Moray Watson
Col. Kenneth Post
Richard Wattis
Sir Charles Sims
Allan Cuthbertson
German Technical Examiner
Karl Stepanek
Prof. Hoffer
William Mervyn
Dutch Technical Examiner
Milo Sperber
German Hotel Porter
George Mikell
German Officer
Ferdy Mayne
German Officer
Robert Brown
Air Commodore
Anton Diffring
SS Sturmbannfuhrer
Philip Madoc
German Police Officer
John Abineri
German Policeman
Charles Lloyd Pack
Technical Examiner
Gertan Klauber
Soldier at Rocket Plant
Jeremy Spenser
SS Officer at Rocket Plant
John Ronane
RAF Dakota Pilot
Crew
Director
Michael Anderson
Screenplay
Emeric Pressburger
Screenplay
Derry Quinn
Screenplay
Ray Rigby
Story
Vittoriano Petrilli
Story
Duilio Coletti
Reviews
John Chard
November 20, 2015
6
If you're chute doesn't open, change it for a harp!
A passable WWII movie boosted by star casting and a grand finale. Plot essentially is about some Allied agents planning to infiltrate the Nazis' secretive rocket factory in Holland and destroy their deadly V rockets.
Much of the pic is given to character forming and painting political, army and human passion based groundwork. Unfortunately the narrative often sags and has some uneven patches that can take one out of the story line. On the plus side the finale is worth waiting for, full of suspense and heroics, while the espionage angle holds interest throughout. 6/10
Media
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$115,000.00
Revenue:
$3,700,000.00
Keywords
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