"They stole a General under the noses of his 20,000 crack paratroops." 31 January 1957 Adventure, Action, War 104 mins
Led by British officers, partisans on Crete plan to kidnap the island's German commander and smuggle him to Cairo to embarrass the occupiers.
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Dirk Bogarde as Maj. Patrick Leigh Fermor aka "Philedem"
David Oxley as Capt. William Stanley "Bill" Moss
Marius Goring as Major General Kreipe
Dimitri Andreas as Niko Soldan Emeris
Cyril Cusack as Captain Sandy Rendel
Laurence Payne as Manoli
Wolfe Morris as George
Michael Gough as Andoni Zoidakis
John Cairney as Elias
Roland Bartrop as Miki
Paul Stassino as Yani Katsias
Peter Augustine as The Dentist
Christopher Rhodes as General Breuer
Christopher Lee as German officer at The Dentist's office
W. Stanley Moss Adaptation
Emeric Pressburger Writer
Michael Powell Director
Emeric Pressburger Director
Michael Powell Writer
Míkis Theodorakis Original Music Composer
Arthur Stevens Editor
Earl St. John Executive Producer
Michael Powell Producer
Alex Vetchinsky Art Direction
Christopher Challis Director of Photography
Emeric Pressburger Producer
Gordon K. McCallum Sound Recordist
Jack Swinburne Production Manager
Gladys Goldsmith Continuity
Bill Warrington Special Effects
Night Ambush Trailer
United Kingdom 31 January 1957
United States 24 April 1958
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