Operation Crossbow (1965)
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This big-budget, big-studio espionage film is set in the last years of World War II. George Peppard, Tom Courtenay and Jeremy Kemp parachute into Germany, with orders to destroy the Nazis' rocket base at Peenemunde. Featuring Sophia Loren as the wife of the Nazi collaborator whom Peppard is pretending to be, Operation Crossbow failed badly in its first release; MGM, deciding that the title misled moviegoers into thinking that the picture was a "Robin Hood" derivation, cleared up matters by renaming the film The Great Spy Mission. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Sophia Loren, George Peppard, (more)
- Director(s):
- Michael Anderson
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG13
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of Operation Crossbow
This big-budget, big-studio espionage film is set in the last years of World War II. George Peppard, Tom Courtenay and Jeremy Kemp parachute into Germany, with orders to destroy the Nazis' rocket base at Peenemunde. Featuring Sophia Loren as the wife of the Nazi collaborator whom Peppard is pretending to be, Operation Crossbow failed badly in its first release; MGM, deciding that the title misled moviegoers into thinking that the picture was a "Robin Hood" derivation, cleared up matters by renaming the film The Great Spy Mission. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 116 mins
Complete Cast of Operation Crossbow
- Sophia Loren - Nora
- Trevor Howard - Prof. Lindemann
- Tom Courtenay - Robert Henshaw
- Richard Todd - Wing Cmdr. Kendall
- Jeremy Kemp - Phil Bradley
- John Fraser - Flight Lt. Kenny
- Helmut Dantine - Gen. Linz
- Maurice Denham - RAF Officer
- William Mervyn
- Anthony Quayle - Bamford
- Jeremy Spenser
- Karel Stepanek - Prof. Hoffer
- Richard Wattis - Sir Charles Sims
- Wolf Frees
- George Peppard - Lt. John Curtis
- John Mills - Gen.Boyd
- Richard Johnson - Duncan Sandys
- Sylvia Syms - Constance Babington Smith
- Lilli Palmer - Frieda
- Paul Henreid - Gen. Ziemann
- Allan Cuthbertson - German Technical Examiner
- Ferdinand "Ferdy" Mayne
- George Mikell
- Barbara Rutting - Hanna Reitsch
- Milo Sperber
- Moray Watson - Col. Kenneth Post
- Patrick Wymark - Prime Minister Winston Churchill
- Robert Brown - Air Commodore
- Director(s):
- Michael Anderson
- Writer(s):
- Richard Imrie, Derry Quinn, Ray Rigby
- Producer(s):
- Carlo Ponti
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG13(Suitable for Children)
- Categories:
- Action / Adventure, War
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