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.
Full Cast of Operation Crossbow
Sophia Loren
plays Nora Van Ostamgen
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plays Lt. John Curtis
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plays Professor Lindemann
John Mills
plays General Boyd
Richard Johnson
plays Duncan Sandys
Tom Courtenay
plays Robert Henshaw
Jeremy Kemp
plays Captain Phil Bradley
Anthony Quayle
plays Bamford
Lilli Palmer
plays Frieda
Paul Henreid
plays General Ziemann
Helmut Dantine
plays General Linz
Barbara Rütting
plays Hannah Reitsch
Richard Todd
plays Wing Cmdr. Kendall
Sylvia Syms
plays Constance Babington Smith
John Fraser
plays Flight Lt. Kenny
Maurice Denham
plays RAF Officer
Patrick Wymark
plays Prime Minister Winston Churchill
Wolf Frees
plays German Police Inspector
Moray Watson
plays Col. Kenneth Post
Richard Wattis
plays Sir Charles Sims
Allan Cuthbertson
plays German Technical Examiner
Karl Stepanek
plays Prof. Hoffer
William Mervyn
plays Dutch Technical Examiner
Milo Sperber
plays German Hotel Porter
George Mikell
plays German Officer
Ferdy Mayne
plays German Officer
Robert Brown
plays Air Commodore
Anton Diffring
plays SS Sturmbannfuhrer
Philip Madoc
plays German Police Officer
John Abineri
plays German Policeman
Charles Lloyd Pack
plays Technical Examiner
Gertan Klauber
plays Soldier at Rocket Plant
Jeremy Spenser
plays SS Officer at Rocket Plant
John Ronane
plays RAF Dakota Pilot
Crew of Operation Crossbow
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