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5.3/10   71 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Jack Hanley (screenplay) and
Eryk Wlodek (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
25 August 1958 (UK) more
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Unusual film from Hollywood, its near to the truth. more (8 total)

Cast

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Michael Rennie ... Stefan
Patricia Medina ... Zofia
Milly Vitale ... Anna
David Knight ... Tadek
Esmond Knight ... Stricker

Christopher Lee ... Brunner - Labor Camp Captain
John G. Heller ... Fritz
Carl Jaffe ... General
Peter Madden ... Stanislaw
George Pravda ... Karewski
Gordon Sterne ... Margraaf
Carl Duering ... Scientist
Harold Siddons ... Master Bomber - W / Com. Searby
George Pastell ... Eryk
Henri Vidon ... Konim (as Henry Vidon)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Missiles from Hell (USA)
Missiles from Hell: The Story of the V-1 (USA)
Unseen Heroes
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Runtime:
UK:104 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound Recording)
Certification:
Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:PG (re-rating) (2005) | UK:A (original rating)

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
[Anna has been captured by the Gestapo]
Tadek: Will she talk?
Stefan: Yes, she'll talk. Women always talk. But she won't say anything that they want to hear.
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Referenced in Ken Adam: Designing Bond (2000) (V) more

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11 out of 12 people found the following review useful.
Unusual film from Hollywood, its near to the truth., 18 February 2006
8/10
Author: j-nieurzyla from United Kingdom

This one of those rare films, that managed to get made without Hollywoods gross miss-interpretation. The truth has not been distorted for sensationalism, the facts are correct. It is a pity that stories like these are not remade today but with extra information about the story and maintaining the integrity, the truth makes a better story than those made up in Hollywood. Details about always having clean suits and the hair always in place, well what can you expect this was the style of movie making in those days. But the story line has not been altered to distort the truth, obviously certain details are missing, as these were still listed under the Official Secrets Act of the UK. Most the of the soldiers walking around seem to be SS in their black uniforms, but it is certainly better in its facts than later movies made about the war, ie. Enigma and U-571 which are an insult to those who took part in the original actions, and lousy education to those who are not aware of the original stories.

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