Operation Crossbow

1965 · 115 MIN · IMDB 6.6 · 5,743 VOTES · DIR. Michael Anderson

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Overview

Allied agents infiltrate the Nazi rocket complex at Peenemunde in order to obtain their secrets and sabotage the plant. The film alternates between German developments of the V-1 missile and V-2 rocket (with a German cast speaking their own language) and discovery by British Intelligence of the weapon.

Dialogue Timeline — 870 lines

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00:00:42 Mr. Duncan Sandys, sir.
00:07:09 ...the possibility of a rocket project in Germany, what would you do?
00:13:04 Sir, would you come and look at this, please?
00:15:43 - Flight Officer Babington Smith. - How do you do?
00:17:38 You mean a torpedo out of a balloon.
00:26:26 - The skills you'd need for making rockets. - Right.
00:28:46 I really am very sorry.
00:31:11 How very discouraging for you.
00:33:04 Get back up the tower.
00:35:36 - The papers only came in last week. - You're not certain?
00:38:20 ...by offering you a cigarette from a cigarette case that has no cigarettes."
00:40:47 "Lorelei," sir.
00:48:31 No, no, that's perfectly all right.
00:51:26 They had to send your husband away all of a sudden.
00:55:04 What is she going to do?
00:58:25 And you agreed?
01:00:32 I haven't got any.
01:07:05 You're not Bijus.
01:09:57 And unnecessary. You proved your point.
01:26:05 Let us see what Kendall thinks.
01:30:36 In any case, what about the chiefs of staff? They'll never agree.
01:38:45 So that even after we've liberated the occupied countries...
01:48:38 We've got your friend here.
01:56:16 [ENGLISH]

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed870
Dialogue density7.6 lines / min
First line00:00:42
Final line01:56:16

Production Record

DirectorMichael Anderson
LanguageEnglish
Budget$115,000
Revenue$3,700,000
IMDb votes5,743