Ill Met by Moonlight (Intelligence Service) (Night Ambush) (1957)
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Eschewing the Shakespearean original title (it's a quote from A Midsummer Night's Dream), the British Ill Met by Moonlight was released stateside as Night Ambush. This superb Michael Powell/Emeric Pressburger concoction is set during World War II on the island of Crete. Dirk Bogarde and… More Eschewing the Shakespearean original title (it's a quote from A Midsummer Night's Dream), the British Ill Met by Moonlight was released stateside as Night Ambush. This superb Michael Powell/Emeric Pressburger concoction is set during World War II on the island of Crete. Dirk Bogarde and David Oxley play Major Paddy Leigh Fermer and Captain Billy Stanley Moss, two British officers whose job it is to kidnap Nazi general Karl Kreipe (Marius Goring) and spirit him off to Cairo. The motive of this mission is to weaken German morale on Crete and to provide hope to the enslaved locals. With the help of a group of resistance fighters, Fermer and Moss manage to trap the general; now they must transport their captive back to their own lines, avoiding German patrols every inch of the way. Originally 104 minutes, Ill Met by Moonlight was cut to 93 minutes by its American distributor. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Michael Powell
- Genres
- Mystery & Suspense, Action & Adventure
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Jun 1, 1958 Wide
- Studio
- VidAmerica
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Exciting WW II drama.
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Cast
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Dirk Bogarde
as Maj. Paddy Leigh-Fermor "Philidem"
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Marius Goring
as Gen. Karl Kreipe
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David Oxley
as Capt. Billy Stanley Moss
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Cyril Cusack
as Sandy
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Laurence Payne
as Manoli
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Wolfe Morris
as George
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Michael Gough
as Andoni Zoidakis
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Roland Bartrop
as Micky Akoumianakis
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Brian Worth
as Stratis Saviolkis
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Paul Stassino
as Yanni Katsias
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Adeed Assaly
as Zahari
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John Cairney
as Elias
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Dimitri Andreas
as Niko
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Christopher Lee
as German officer at dentist's, German offi...
- David McCallum
- Christopher Rhodes
- John Houseman
