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Ill Met by Moonlight backdrop

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Ill Met by Moonlight (1957)

They stole a General under the noses of his 20,000 crack paratroops.

6.3(44)1h 44mJanuary 31, 1957

War Adventure Action

Michael Powell

Director

Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger

Writers

Rate

Diary

Overview

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

Dirk Bogarde

Maj. Patrick Leigh Fermor aka "Philedem"

David Oxley

Capt. William Stanley "Bill" Moss

Marius Goring

Major General Kreipe

Dimitri Andreas

Niko Soldan Emeris

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Cyril Cusack

Captain Sandy Rendel

Laurence Payne

Manoli

Michael Gough

Andoni Zoidakis

John Cairney

Elias

Brian Worth

Roland Bartrop

Miki

Paul Stassino

Yani Katsias

Christopher Rhodes

General Breuer

Christopher Lee

German officer at The Dentist's office

Richard Marner

German Officer with Gen. Breuer

David McCallum

Sailor on Pick Up Ship (uncredited bit)

Peter Swanwick

Spectacled Officer with General Breuer

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Status: Released
Original language: English
Release date: January 31, 1957
Budget: $215,000
Production: The Rank Organisation, Vega Film
Country: United Kingdom

Keywords

generalkidnappingcretepartisanmorse code

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