Operation Crossbow is a British 1965 spy thriller and World War II film, made from a story from Duilio Coletti and Vittoriano Petrilli and filmed at MGM-British Studios. It is a highly fictionalised account of the real-life Operation Crossbow, made with a veritable galaxy of film stars but it does touch on the main aspects of the operation. The film alternates between German developments of the V-1 flying bomb and V-2 rocket and British Intelligence and its agents who are attempting to defend against the threats. In 1944, Nazi Germany is working on terror weapons, the V-1 flying bomb and... V-2 rocket while British Intelligence learns about a new secret weapon. Technical problems with the V-1 lead the Germans to create a manned version to ascertain the flight problems of the rocket but all the test pilots are killed flying it. Aviatrix Hanna Reitsch successfully flies and lands the V-1, discovering the problem and how to solve it, which leads to the mass production of the V-1.
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| Release date: | March 1965 |
| Directed by: | Michael Anderson |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 115 Minutes |
| Producer: | Carlo Ponti |
| Music by: | Ron Goodwin |
| Cinematography: | Erwin Hillier |
| Screenplay by: | Emeric Pressburger |
| Genre: | Action |