OPERATION CROSSBOW is a fine British WW2 thriller that's much more a resistance thriller than the gung-ho story that I was expecting. The supporting cast is exemplary and acts as a kind of "who's who" of British cinema with the likes of Trevor Howard, Richard Johnson, Richard Wattis, Sylvia Sims, and many, many others playing various peripheral or important characters. Even Patrick Wymark is on hand with a pretty accurate depiction of Churchill.
The story is about the development of Nazi rocket technology and the attempts by Allied forces to halt or delay its advance. The main three characters are played by the nervous Tom Courtenay, the heroic George Peppard, and the excellent Jeremy Kemp, all of whom are parachuted into occupied Holland and forced to undertake false identities in a bid to infiltrate the institution in which the rockets are being built. The suspense is never-ending and although there isn't much in the way of on screen action this is just as gripping as if there had been. Sophia Loren is stunning in a fine role as a woman mixed up in the sabotage plot while Anthony Quayle is well cast against type.
The story is about the development of Nazi rocket technology and the attempts by Allied forces to halt or delay its advance. The main three characters are played by the nervous Tom Courtenay, the heroic George Peppard, and the excellent Jeremy Kemp, all of whom are parachuted into occupied Holland and forced to undertake false identities in a bid to infiltrate the institution in which the rockets are being built. The suspense is never-ending and although there isn't much in the way of on screen action this is just as gripping as if there had been. Sophia Loren is stunning in a fine role as a woman mixed up in the sabotage plot while Anthony Quayle is well cast against type.