Ill Met by Moonlight (1957)

01/31/1957 (GB) • 1h 44m

War, Adventure, Action

They stole a General under the noses of his 20,000 crack paratroops.

Overview

Led by British officers, partisans on Crete plan to kidnap the island's German commander and smuggle him to Cairo to embarrass the occupiers.

Top Billed Cast

Dirk Bogarde

Maj. Patrick Leigh Fermor aka "Philedem"

David Oxley

Capt. William Stanley "Bill" Moss

Marius Goring

Major General Kreipe

Dimitri Andreas

Niko Soldan Emeris

Cyril Cusack

Captain Sandy Rendel

Michael Gough

Andoni Zoidakis


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$215,000.00

Revenue

-

Keywords

general

kidnapping

crete

partisan

morse code

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