80
The Telegraph
It's directed by Michael Anderson (of The Dam Busters fame) with steely panache, and the clammy terror of the mission is well evoked. [11 Sep 2021, p.24]
Operation Crossbow
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- United Kingdom,
- Italy
- 1965
- · 115m
Director
Michael Anderson
Cast
Sophia Loren,
George Peppard,
Trevor Howard,
John Mills,
Richard Johnson,
Tom Courtenay
Genre
Action,
Drama,
War
Allied agents infiltrate the Nazi rocket complex at Peenemunde in order to obtain their secrets and sabotage the plant. The film alternates between German developments of the V-1 missile and V-2 rocket and discovery by British Intelligence of the weapon.
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80
The New York Times by Bosley Crowther
It is a grandly engrossing and exciting melodrama of wartime espionage, done with stunning documentary touches in a tight, tense, heroic story line.
80
The Telegraph by Staff (Not Credited)
It's directed by Michael Anderson (of The Dam Busters fame) with steely panache, and the clammy terror of the mission is well evoked. [11 Sep 2021, p.24]
60
Time Out
Much ado about background authenticity is nullified by the cardboard characters, but the starry cast makes it all relatively painless.
60
Time Out by Staff (Not Credited)
Much ado about background authenticity is nullified by the cardboard characters, but the starry cast makes it all relatively painless.
50
Variety
Ambitiously filmed in Europe and boasting production values which may seem to catch the spirit of the monumental effort, what the Carlo Ponti production lacks primarily is a cohesive story line.
50
Variety by Staff (Not Credited)
Ambitiously filmed in Europe and boasting production values which may seem to catch the spirit of the monumental effort, what the Carlo Ponti production lacks primarily is a cohesive story line.
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