Against the Wind (1948)
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Set in World War II times, this drama involves a highly trained bunch of British soldiers who must parachute into Nazi-held Belgium on a rescue and destroy mission. Documentary film footage is included in the early parts of the film as the trainees get prepared for the task ahead. Robert Beatty plays the priest, Father Phillip, and Simone Signoret appears as an insurgent who falls in love with another of the trained resistors. ~ Rovi
- Starring:
- Robert Beatty, Simone Signoret, (more)
- Director(s):
- Charles Crichton
Synopsis of Against the Wind
Set in World War II times, this drama involves a highly trained bunch of British soldiers who must parachute into Nazi-held Belgium on a rescue and destroy mission. Documentary film footage is included in the early parts of the film as the trainees get prepared for the task ahead. Robert Beatty plays the priest, Father Phillip, and Simone Signoret appears as an insurgent who falls in love with another of the trained resistors. ~ Rovi
Complete Cast of Against the Wind
- Robert Beatty - Father Philip Elliot
- Jack Warner - Max Cronk
- Paul Dupuis - Jacques Picquart
- Andre Morell - Abbot
- Sybilla Binder - Florence Malou
- Andrew Blackett - Frankie
- Eugene Deckers - Marcel Van Hecke
- Rory MacDermot - Carey
- Guy Deghy - German Sergeant Major
- John Slater - Emile Meyer
- Olaf Olsen - German Officer
- Robert Wyndham - Doctor
- Simone Signoret - Michele Denis
- Gordon Jackson - John "Scotty" Duncan
- James Robertson Justice - Ackerman
- Peter Illing - Andrew
- Gilbert Davis - Commandant
- Arthur Lawrence - Capt. Verreker
- Leo de Pokorny - Balthazar
- Kenneth Hyde - Captain Parker
- Giselle Preville - Julie
- Duncan Lewis - Sergeant
- Kenneth Villiers - Lewis
- Philo Hauser - Joseph
- Director(s):
- Charles Crichton
- Writer(s):
- Michael Pertwee, T.E.B. Clarke, Paul Vincent Carroll
- Producer(s):
- Michael Balcon
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