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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.
Crossbow was the code name in World War II for Anglo-American operations against the German long range reprisal weapons (V-weapons) programme. The primary V-weapons were the V-1 flying bomb and V-2 rocket, which were launched against Britain from 1944 to 1945 and used against continental European targets as well. [3]
Operation Crossbow: Directed by Michael Anderson. With Sophia Loren, George Peppard, Trevor Howard, John Mills. Allied agents attempt to infiltrate a German rocket research site.
- (5.5K)
- Action, Drama, War
- Michael Anderson
- 1965-04-01
Allied Intelligence in London in December of 1942 receives reports that the Germans are developing long-range rockets. Though key advisers such as Professor Lindemann are skeptical of the reports, Prime Minister Churchill appoints Duncan Sandys, deputy supply minister, to head an investigation studying photographs for clues and pinpointing ...
- Michael Anderson, Basil Rayburn
- Sophia Loren
May 13, 2011 · Newly released photographs show how a team of World War II experts disrupted Nazi plans to bombard Britain - with the help of 3D glasses like those in modern cinemas. Hitler's deadly V-1 and V-2 ...
London officials learn of a plan by Nazis to create new, more destructive missiles during World War II. Working quickly to stop the potentially catastrophic movement, the prime minister calls for...
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- War, Drama
- PG-13
