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Operation Crossbow

Operation Crossbow

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Status

Released

Release Date

Apr 1, 1965

Runtime

1h 55m

Genres

Drama, War, Thriller

User Score

67%

Original Title

Operation Crossbow

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studios, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Director

Michael Anderson

Budget

$115,000

Revenue

$3,700,000

Description

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 (with a German cast speaking their own language) and discovery by British Intelligence of the weapon.