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Allied agents attempt to infiltrate a German rocket research site.Allied agents attempt to infiltrate a German rocket research site.Allied agents attempt to infiltrate a German rocket research site.
- Awards
- 1 win
Barbara Rütting
- Hannah Reitsch
- (as Barbara Rueting)
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Did you know
- TriviaFor the scene in which a street is wiped out by a V2, the filmmakers destroyed a row of flats which were slated for demolition.
- GoofsAlthough piloted V-1s were built, they were launched from aircraft, not ramps. None were ever used in combat. Hanna Reitsch flew one to establish why other pilots crashed them on landing. She found that the problem was caused by the aircraft's exceptionally high stall speed.
- Quotes
Phil Bradley: The first rocket I built rose three feet into the ground. The second took off horizontally, went straight through a hen-house and killed 40 roosters.
Bradley's Interviewer: How very discouraging for you. What did you do after that?
Phil Bradley: Buried the roosters, sir.
- ConnectionsEdited into Mosquito Squadron (1969)
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A little-known gem
After a pretty dull beginning, "Operation Crossbow" increases its tensions and becomes a fascinating action/adventure film set in WW2. A little-known representer of that genre, but not much inferior to "The Guns of Navarone". Lots of suspenseful moments and an interesting cast full of familiar faces.
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- fletch5
- Nov 29, 2000
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- Code Name: Operation Crossbow
- Filming locations
- RAF Abingdon Parachute School, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England, UK(Parachute training scenes)
- Production company
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- Runtime1 hour 55 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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