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  1. The film, which stars Dirk Bogarde and features Marius Goring, David Oxley, and Cyril Cusack, is based on the 1950 book Ill Met by Moonlight: The Abduction of General Kreipe by W. Stanley Moss, which is an account of events during the author's service on Crete during World War II as an agent of the Special Operations Executive (SOE).

  2. Filmed ten years AFTER the end of the second world war, Night Ambush (ILL MET BY MOONLIGHT to the rest of the world) is a story of British operatives in Crete, reporting home on the activities of the Germans. Their plan is to grab a German officer and take him away.

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    • Action, Adventure, Drama
    • Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
    • 1958-07
  3. Watch Night Ambush with a subscription on Prime Video. With Crete controlled by German Gen. Heinrich Kreipe (Marius Goring), British Maj. Patrick Leigh Fermor (Dirk Bogarde) and Capt. W. Stanley ...

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    • Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
    • War
    • Dirk Bogarde
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  5. Summary. In May 1941, German forces attacked and occupied Crete. Allied forces were driven back and evacuated to North Africa by June. The Special Operations Executive (SOE) inserted agents on Crete in order to work with the local resistance in harrying German occupying forces.

    • W. Stanley Moss
    • 1950
  6. The film, which stars Dirk Bogarde and features Marius Goring, David Oxley, and Cyril Cusack, is based on the 1950 book Ill Met by Moonlight: The Abduction of General Kreipe by W. Stanley Moss, which is an account of events during the author's service on Crete during World War II as an agent of the Special Operations Executive (SOE).

  7. Sep 10, 2012 · Release Details. Duration: 104 mins. Cast and crew. Director: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger. Screenwriter: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger. Cast: Dirk Bogarde. Marius Goring. David Oxley....

  8. Directed by Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell. They stole a General under the noses of his 20,000 crack paratroops. Led by British officers, partisans on Crete plan to kidnap the island’s German commander and smuggle him to Cairo to embarrass the occupiers. Cast. Crew. Details. Genres. Releases.

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