Anthony Quayle, George Peppard, Jeremy Kemp

After bombing in its initial release, this big-budget World War II flick was renamed The Great Spy Mission -- mostly because execs worried that "crossbow" connoted "Robin Hood." As the story goes, thr...( read more  read more... )ee American soldiers (Tom Courtenay, Jeremy Kemp and George Peppard) are ordered to parachute into Germany and destroy a critical Nazi base, a delicate mission that puts the operatives' lives at stake. Sophia Loren co-stars.

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Unrated, 115 min.

Directed by: Michael Anderson

Release Date: January 1, 1965

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DVD Release Date: January 10, 2006

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  • October 9, 2009
    wow what a movie.............i have just seen this movie 4 the 1st time n think that this is a good movie 2 watch......its got a good cast of actors/actressess throughout this movie....i think that sophia loren, richard johnson, paul henreid, john mills, lilli palmer, anthony qua...( read more)yle, george peppard, jeremy kemp, tom courtenay play good roles/parts thorughout this movie.....i think that the director of this action/adventure/drama/war movie had done a good job of directing this movie because you never know what 2 expect throughout this movie.......this is a good movie 2 watch.......i think that the fight scenes n the gun shoot outs were pretty kewl throughout this movie i think that this is a good war movie 2 watch n its enjoyable movie
  • August 2, 2007
    Historically relevant, this film tells of the rise of the German V1 and V2 rockets and the allied operations to try and stop them. A tense spy operation is launched with doublecrosses, betrayal and bravery. It was brave to have a big star like Sophia Loren exit the film at a rela...( read more)tively early stage!
  • February 25, 2007
    when something goes bad to they yell "broken quarrel?"
  • December 10, 2006
    Quite a poor movie to say the least..... Certainly not worth the time to watch it.
  • October 29, 2006
    excellent.the way they have shown the way things were done in thoese days of war is remarkable.a defenite must see

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