Ill Met by Moonlight
They stole a General under the noses of his 20,000 crack paratroops.
1957 | 104m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell |
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| Writer: | Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell, W. Stanley Moss |
| Staring: |
| Led by British officers, partisans on Crete plan to kidnap the island's German commander and smuggle him to Cairo to embarrass the occupiers. | |
| Release Date: | Jan 31, 1957 |
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| Director: | Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell |
| Writer: | Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell, W. Stanley Moss |
| Genres: | Adventure, Action, War |
| Keywords | general, kidnapping, crete, partisan, morse code |
| Production Companies | The Rank Organisation, Vega Film |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Laurence Payne | Manoli |
| Wolfe Morris | George |
| Michael Gough | Andoni Zoidakis |
| John Cairney | Elias |
| Brian Worth | |
| Roland Bartrop | Miki |
| George Eugeniou | |
| Paul Stassino | Yani Katsias |
| Peter Augustine | The Dentist |
| Christopher Rhodes | General Breuer |
| Christopher Lee | German officer at The Dentist's office |
| Richard Marner | German Officer with Gen. Breuer |
| David McCallum | Sailor on Pick Up Ship (uncredited bit) |
| Peter Swanwick | Spectacled Officer with General Breuer |
| Adeeb Assaly | |
| Peter Brace | |
| Guido Lorraine | |
| Howard Marion-Crawford | |
| George Pravda |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Emeric Pressburger | Writer, Director |
| Michael Powell | Writer, Director |
| Míkis Theodorakis | Original Music Composer |
| W. Stanley Moss | Adaptation |
| Christopher Challis | Director of Photography |
| Arthur Stevens | Editor |
| Alex Vetchinsky | Art Direction |
| Jean Osborne | Unit Publicist |
| Arthur Alcott | Production Controller |
| Jack Swinburne | Production Manager |
| Charles Orme | Assistant Director |
| Austin Dempster | Camera Operator |
| Bill Warrington | Special Effects |
| Nandi Routh | Costume Designer |
| Archie Ludski | Sound Editor |
| Gordon K. McCallum | Sound Recordist |
| Charles Knott | Sound Recordist |
| Gladys Goldsmith | Continuity |
| Paul Rabiger | Makeup Artist |
| Frederic Lewis | Music Director |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Emeric Pressburger | Producer |
| Michael Powell | Producer |
| Earl St. John | Executive Producer |
| Sydney Streeter | Associate Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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