Watch Ill Met by Moonlight (1957) Official Trailer
They stole a General under the noses of his 20,000 crack paratroops.
6.3 / 10 IMDb January 31, 1957 1h 44m
Led by British officers, partisans on Crete plan to kidnap the island's German commander and smuggle him to Cairo to embarrass the occupiers.
Director
Runtime
1h 44m
Release Date
January 31, 1957
Genre
War, Adventure, Action
Status
Released
Budget
$215,000
Languages
German, Greek, English
Country
United Kingdom
Cast
Dirk Bogarde
as Maj. Patrick Leigh Fermor aka "Philedem"
David Oxley
as Capt. William Stanley "Bill" Moss
Marius Goring
as Major General Kreipe
Dimitri Andreas
as Niko Soldan Emeris
Cyril Cusack
as Captain Sandy Rendel
Laurence Payne
as Manoli
No photo
Wolfe Morris
as George
Michael Gough
as Andoni Zoidakis
John Cairney
as Elias
Brian Worth
Roland Bartrop
as Miki
No photo
George Eugeniou
Paul Stassino
as Yani Katsias
No photo
Peter Augustine
as The Dentist
Christopher Rhodes
as General Breuer
Christopher Lee
as German officer at The Dentist's office
Richard Marner
as German Officer with Gen. Breuer
David McCallum
as Sailor on Pick Up Ship (uncredited bit)
Peter Swanwick
as Spectacled Officer with General Breuer
No photo
Adeeb Assaly
Production Companies
The Rank Organisation
Vega FilmIll Met by Moonlight Official Trailer 1957
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