Ill Met by Moonlight
They stole a General under the noses of his 20,000 crack paratroops.
6.3(45) 1957-01-31 104 minWarAdventureAction
Led by British officers, partisans on Crete plan to kidnap the island's German commander and smuggle him to Cairo to embarrass the occupiers.
WriterEmeric Pressburger
DirectorMichael Powell
DirectorEmeric Pressburger
WriterMichael Powell
Original Music ComposerMíkis Theodorakis
ProducerMichael Powell
ProducerEmeric Pressburger
Cast & characters
Dirk Bogarde
as Maj. Patrick Leigh Fermor aka "Philedem"
David Oxley
as Capt. William Stanley "Bill" Moss
Marius Goring
as Major General Kreipe
Dimitri Andreas
as Niko Soldan Emeris
Cyril Cusack
as Captain Sandy Rendel
Laurence Payne
as Manoli
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Wolfe Morris
as George
Michael Gough
as Andoni Zoidakis
John Cairney
as Elias
Brian Worth
as —
Roland Bartrop
as Miki
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George Eugeniou
as —
Paul Stassino
as Yani Katsias
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Peter Augustine
as The Dentist
Christopher Rhodes
as General Breuer
Christopher Lee
as German officer at The Dentist's office
Richard Marner
as German Officer with Gen. Breuer
David McCallum
as Sailor on Pick Up Ship (uncredited bit)
Peter Swanwick
as Spectacled Officer with General Breuer
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Adeeb Assaly
as —
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Peter Brace
as —
Guido Lorraine
as —
Howard Marion-Crawford
as —
George Pravda
as —
