Against the Wind (1948)
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Set in World War II times, this drama involves a highly trained bunch of British soldiers who must parachute into Nazi-held Belgium on a rescue and destroy mission. Documentary film footage is included in the early parts of the film as the trainees get prepared for the task ahead. Robert Beatty… More Set in World War II times, this drama involves a highly trained bunch of British soldiers who must parachute into Nazi-held Belgium on a rescue and destroy mission. Documentary film footage is included in the early parts of the film as the trainees get prepared for the task ahead. Robert Beatty plays the priest, Father Phillip, and Simone Signoret appears as an insurgent who falls in love with another of the trained resistors. ~ Rovi
- Directed By
- Charles Crichton
- Written By
- Michael Pertwee, T.E.B. Clarke
- Genres
- Drama, Action & Adventure, Mystery & Suspense
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Cast
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Robert Beatty
as Father Philip Elliot
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Simone Signoret
as Michele Denis
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Jack Warner
as Max Cronk
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Gordon Jackson
as John "Scotty" Duncan
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Paul Dupuis
as Jacques Picquart
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James Robertson Justice
as Ackerman
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André Morell
as Abbot
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Peter Illing
as Andrew
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Sybilla Binder
as Florence Malou
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Gilbert Davis
as Commandant
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Andrew Blackett
as Frankie
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Arthur Lawrence
as Capt. Verreker
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Eugene Deckers
as Marcel Van Hecke
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Leo De Pokorny
as Balthazar
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Rory MacDermot
as Carey
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Kenneth Hyde
as Captain Parker
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Guy Deghy
as German Sergeant Major
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Philo Hauser
as Joseph
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John Slater
as Emile Meyer
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Kenneth Villiers
as Lewis
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Robert Wyndham
as Doctor
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Giselle Preville
as Julie
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Duncan Lewis
as Sergeant
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Olaf Olsen
as German Officer