Operation Crossbow

Operation Crossbow. 1965 MGM/Turner Entertainment.
Starring: George Peppard, Sophia Loren, Trevor Howard, John Mills, Richard Johnson, Tom Courtenay, Jeremy Kemp, Anthony Quayle
Director: Michael Anderson
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As the invasion of Normandy approaches, Winston Churchill is concerned about reports of a German "flying bomb", and orders Duncan Sandys (Johnson), one of his ministers, to investigate. Shortly thereafter, V-1s start falling on London, and the Allies launch a raid to destroy the factory building them. Soon, the head of British intelligence (Mills) learns that engineers are being recruited for V-2s, which are still in development. Finding three qualified volunteers (all experienced engineers) who can speak German, they are quickly trained, and sent to Germany through Holland. All three men are given identities of real life individuals who are either dead or missing.

Ultimately, one of the volunteers is wanted for murder, and another volunteer is actually a Nazi agent. Will this sabotage the Allied plan to destroy the German weapons factory?

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