Ill Met by Moonlight

Jan 31, 1957

1h 44m

★ 6.2

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.

Genres

War

Adventure

Action

Production Companies

The Rank Organisation

Vega Film

Ill Met by Moonlight Trailers

Cast

Maj. Patrick Leigh Fermor aka "Philedem"

Dirk Bogarde

Capt. William Stanley "Bill" Moss

David Oxley

Major General Kreipe

Marius Goring

Niko Soldan Emeris

Dimitri Andreas

Captain Sandy Rendel

Cyril Cusack

Manoli

Laurence Payne

George

Wolfe Morris

Andoni Zoidakis

Michael Gough

Elias

John Cairney

Brian Worth

Miki

Roland Bartrop

George Eugeniou

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