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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.
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
Mar 14, 2020 · The heroic tales of World War II are legendary, but Operation Crossbow is a little-known story that deserves to join the hall of fame: how the Allies used 3D photos to thwart the Nazis' weapons of mass destruction before they could obliterate Britain.
- 59 min
- 1528
- 9WiggintonLibraries
Operation Crossbow (1965) #WarnerArchive #WarnerBros #OperationCrossbow A fearsome rumor reaches Britain’s World War II command. The Nazis are developing rocket technology that could rain death...
- 4 min
- 101.2K
- Warner Bros. Classics
Allied agents go behind enemy lines to destroy a German missile base.
- Michael Anderson, Basil Rayburn
- Sophia Loren
Allied agents attempt to infiltrate a German rocket research site.Director: Michael AndersonWriters: Duilio Coletti, Vittoriano Petrilli, Emeric PressburgerS...
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Summaries. Allied agents attempt to infiltrate a German rocket research site. This is the story of the methods used to defeat Hitler's V1 (doodlebug) and V2 (rocket) "revenge weapons" towards the end of World War II. Even though the Germans were in retreat, these weapons could have turned their defeat into victory.