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World War II action-drama about a daring Allied air raid on a Nazi rocket fuel factory buried inside a seemingly impregnable fjord. The American wing commander leading the operation has only 17 days in which to train his bomber squadron and avert what the Norwegian resistance has warned will be an all-out V2 rocket bombardment of England.

Keywords:

Action, Drama, War, Historical, History, Based-on-Novel, World War, Movie, Film, Movies, Films, WWII, WW2, World War 2

Additional Information:

(1964) (UK / USA) (3 Star)

Cast:

Cliff Robertson	.... Wing Cmdr. Roy Grant
George Chakiris	.... Lt. Erik Bergman
Maria Perschy	.... Hilde Bergman
Harry Andrews	.... Air Vice Marshal Davis
Donald Houston	.... Group Capt. Don Barrett
Michael Goodliffe	.... Squadron Leader Frank Adams

Supporting Cast:

John Meillon	.... Flight Lt. Gillibrand
John Bonney	.... Flight Lt. Scott
Angus Lennie	.... Flying Officer Hoppy Hopkinson
Scott Finch	.... Flying Officer Bissell
John Church	.... Flying Officer Evans
Barbara Archer	.... Rosie the barmaid at Black Swan Inn
Sean Kelly	.... Lt. Nigel
Julian Sherrier	.... Flight Lt. Singh
Geoffrey Frederick	.... Flight Lt. Frank

Directors:

Walter Graumann

Writers:

Frederick E. Smith