Operation Crossbow
- IMDb link: 0059549
- IMDb rating: 6.6 (6,169 votes)
- Genres: Action, Drama, War
- Director: John Mills, Michael Anderson, George Peppard
- Cast: Trevor Howard, Sophia Loren and others
- Release date: 1 Apr 1965
- Release year: 1965
- Runtime: 115 minutes
- Country: United Kingdom, Italy
- Keywords: spy thriller, world war two, undercover, spy adventure, suspense, 1940s, nazi, german, scene before opening credits, death of protagonist
Plot:
In an effort to learn more about German rocketry, the Allies infiltrate the missile works at Peenemunde. The agents they have selected are all engineers and they assume the identities of real-life individuals who are either dead or otherwise indisposed. What they don't realize is that the mission has been compromised from the beginning by the fact that one of the men is wanted for murder and that one of the applicants for the mission is a German agent. In the end, the two remaining agents assist the Royal Air Force in identifying the work site during a massive bombing campaign.