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About
Led by British officers, partisans on Crete plan to kidnap the island's German commander and smuggle him to Cairo to embarrass the occupiers.
Theatrical
Apr 24, 1958
Budget
$215K
Directors
Producers
Music
Studio
The Rank Organisation, Vega Film
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Cast
Full credits →D
Dirk Bogarde
Maj. Patrick Leigh Fermor aka "Philedem"
D
David Oxley
Capt. William Stanley "Bill" Moss
M
Marius Goring
Major General Kreipe
D
Dimitri Andreas
Niko Soldan Emeris
C
Cyril Cusack
Captain Sandy Rendel
L
Laurence Payne
Manoli
W
Wolfe Morris
George
M
Michael Gough
Andoni Zoidakis
J
John Cairney
Elias
B
Brian Worth
R
Roland Bartrop
Miki
G
George Eugeniou
P
Paul Stassino
Yani Katsias
P
Peter Augustine
The Dentist
C
Christopher Rhodes
General Breuer
C
Christopher Lee
German officer at The Dentist's office
R
Richard Marner
German Officer with Gen. Breuer
D
David McCallum
Sailor on Pick Up Ship (uncredited bit)
P
Peter Swanwick
Spectacled Officer with General Breuer
P
Peter Brace
