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Ill Met by Moonlight(1957)
Status: Released
Date: 1957-01-31
62%
42 Votes
Time: 1h 44m
They stole a General under the noses of his 20,000 crack paratroops.
Overview:
Led by British officers, partisans on Crete plan to kidnap the island's German commander and smuggle him to Cairo to embarrass the occupiers.
Languages: English, German, Greek.
Countries:
United Kingdom
Budget: $215,000.00
ProductionCompanies: 
The Rank Organisation
Movie: Ill Met by Moonlight
Top 10 Billed Cast
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
Michael Gough
Andoni Zoidakis
John Cairney
Elias
Brian Worth
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