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Ill Met by Moonlight

  • NR
  • 1957
  • 1h 44m
  • War, Adventure
  • 6.2

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

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

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

Cast

Dirk BogardeMaj. Patrick Leigh Fermor aka "Philedem"
David OxleyCapt. William Stanley "Bill" Moss
Marius GoringMajor General Kreipe
Dimitri AndreasNiko Soldan Emeris
Cyril CusackCaptain Sandy Rendel
Laurence PayneManoli
Wolfe MorrisGeorge
Michael GoughAndoni Zoidakis
John CairneyElias
Brian Worth
Roland BartropMiki
George Eugeniou
Paul StassinoYani Katsias
Peter AugustineThe Dentist
Christopher RhodesGeneral Breuer
Christopher LeeGerman officer at The Dentist's office

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