Ill Met by Moonlight (1957)

6.2/10 • 104 min • War Adventure

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.

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

Roland Bartrop

Miki

Paul Stassino

Yani Katsias

Christopher Rhodes

General Breuer

Christopher Lee

German officer at The Dentist's office

Richard Marner

German Officer with Gen. Breuer

David McCallum

Sailor on Pick Up Ship (uncredited bit)

Peter Swanwick

Spectacled Officer with General Breuer

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