Ill Met by Moonlight (1957)

NR ★ 6.2/10 104 min War, Adventure, Action United Kingdom English

Directors: Michael Powell , Emeric Pressburger

Adaptation: W. Stanley Moss
Writers: Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell

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They stole a General under the noses of his 20,000 crack paratroops.

Description

Led by British officers, partisans on Crete plan to kidnap the island's German commander and smuggle him to Cairo to embarrass the occupiers.

Dirk Bogarde Maj. Patrick Leigh Fermor aka "Philedem"

David Oxley Capt. William Stanley "Bill" Moss

Marius Goring Major General Kreipe

Dimitri Andreas Niko Soldan Emeris

Cyril Cusack Captain Sandy Rendel

Laurence Payne Manoli

Wolfe Morris George

Michael Gough Andoni Zoidakis