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Operation Crossbow(Movie, 1965)

1h 55min | Genres: Drama, War
Operation CrossbowRating: 3.4/5 (with 4646 votes)
Operation Crossbow (later re-released as The Great Spy Mission) is a 1965 British espionage thriller set during the Second World War. This movie concerns an actual series of events where British undercover operatives targeted the German manufacturing facilities for experimental rocket-bombs. The film was directed by Michael Anderson and stars Sophia Loren, George Peppard, Trevor Howard, John Mills, Richard Johnson, and Tom Courtenay. The screenplay was written by Emeric Pressburger (under the pseudonym "Richard Imrie"), in collaboration with Derry Quinn and Ray Rigby, from a story by Duilio Coletti and Vittoriano Petrilli. It was filmed in Panavision and Metrocolor at MGM-British Studios. Although it is lar... ()
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About 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.

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Additional Information

Production country: United Kingdom (UK)
Plays in: Germany
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: German (DE), English (EN)
Translated into 19 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Catalan (CA), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 04/01/1965
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"The Great Spy Mission"
"A Crossbow akció"
"Crossbow-akció"
Keywords: nazi, rocket
Budget: 115,000 USD
Revenue: 3,700,000 USD (= 3,217%)

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WatchPlayStream ID: MOVIES:9417, Added: 02/18/2018, Last updated: 03/13/2024