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Lundi, juin 28th, 2010
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With a terrific international cast and friendly effects, this fast-paced thriller about spies infiltrating a German rocket installation is curious, and though worthy of the antics are wonderful, especially in the final sequence, it does have a historical context to it. There was an Operation Crossbow, when Winston Churchill (well played by Patrick Wyman) was concerned about what misslies and rockets the Nazis were making.
The V-1 “Buzz Bomb” was a nightmare for those living in London in the summer of ‘44, and perhaps the most engaging section of the film is its depiction of London being hit with these dreaded missiles, with some astonishing cinematography by Erwin Hillier.
George Peppard is a composed witness, and does many scenes speaking German, though he looks 100% American, perhaps because of the hat he wears pushed support on his head, which would have been a givaway had he really been in enemy territory.
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Richard Johnson is astonishing as Duncan Sandys, who believes action is imperative and that “in war, decisions almost always have to be made on incomplete knowledge; if you wait until you’re sure, you’re certain to be too leisurely”, and goes against Trevor Howard as Professor Linderman, who is not convinced that the plot is serious, or even exists.
(Duncan Sandys was Churchill’s son-in-law, and not a very common fellow with the RAF, because he conception the future of air warfare was in missiles and rockets, and not in manned flight) .
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Other excellent actors are Sophia Loren looking shapely, Tom Courtenay, John Mills, Jeremy Kemp, Anthony Quayle, Richard Todd, and Lilli Palmer noble as a resistance worker in Holland.
The film has a distinct stylish slickness that it probably owes to the popularity of the James Bond films in the early ’60s, and in the Bond tradition has many resplendent ladies in all levels of the work force (even as a German engineer/test pilot) and lots and lots of action. A film that almost makes it to 5 stars but impartial misses the label, it composed makes handsome viewing, with some history (though a runt jumbled) thrown in for splendid measure.
Total running time is 115 minutes.
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This engaging war drama places stars George Peppard and John Mills as trained sabatuers in an underground factory where V-1 and V-2 “Buzz-bomb” rockets were being manufactured in Germany during world war II. This fascinating drama is as suspensefull as it is realistic. Their mission is to ruin Hitler’s ability to manfacture those dreadful incendiary rockets which were terrorizing London during the latter stages of the war. Sophia Loren, thinking her husband already dumb, discovers George Peppard impersonating him, and the action accelerates from there. This movie has it all, romance, substantial suspense and special effects as well as a thrilling climax. Several scenes are in German with English subtitles, and as a high school German teacher, I found this a trustworthy addition to the film. This movie has old well since its release in 1965. Give it a try.
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