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06/04/1964 Drama, War 1h 42m
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The greatest adventure since men fought on earth - or flew over it!

Overview

When Norwegian resistance leader Lieutenant Erik Bergman reports the location of a German V-2 rocket fuel plant, the Royal Air Force's 633 Squadron is assigned the mission to destroy it. The plant is in a seemingly-impregnable location beneath an overhanging cliff at the end of a long, narrow fjord lined with anti-aircraft guns. The only way to destroy the plant is by collapsing the cliff on top of it.

  1. Walter Grauman

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Cliff Robertson

    Wing Commander Roy Grant

  2. George Chakiris

    Lieutenant Erik Bergman

  3. Maria Perschy

    Hilde Bergman

  4. Harry Andrews

    Air Vice-Marshal Davis

  5. Donald Houston

    Group Captain Don Barrett

  6. Michael Goodliffe

    Squadron Leader Frank Adams

  7. John Meillon

    Flight Lieutenant Gillibrand

  8. John Bonney

    Flight Lieutenant Scott

  9. Angus Lennie

    Flying Officer Hoppy Hopkinson

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2024-12-02
We probably ought to bear in mind that this film was designed for success at the American box office, so there is quite a lot of theatrical licence taken with this telling of the story of an RAF squadron tasked with the destruction of a Nazi rocket fuel factory built deep into a Norwegian mountainside. George Chakiris (not too long after his success in "West Side Story") and Cliff Robertson take the lead in this quite stilted, but well made wartime drama. The aerial photography is good, but for 1964, not that good and the characters are a little too stereotyped to be treated very seriously. A ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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