Ill Met by Moonlight

Ill Met by Moonlight

104 mins | Drama, Action, Adventure, War, History | Jan. 31, 1957

Led by British officers, partisans on Crete plan to kidnap the island's German commander and smuggle him to Cairo to embarrass the occupiers.

Ill Met by Moonlight

104 mins | Drama, Action, Adventure, War, History | Jan. 31, 1957

Ill Met by Moonlight
Led by British officers, partisans on Crete plan to kidnap the island's German commander and smuggle him to Cairo to embarrass the occupiers.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers The Rank Organisation, Vega Film
Original title Ill Met by Moonlight
Directors Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Writers W. Stanley Moss, Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger

Cast

Dirk Bogarde

as Maj. Patrick Leigh Fermor

David Oxley

as Capt. William Stanley "Bill" Moss

Marius Goring

as Major General Kreipe

Michael Gough

as Andoni Zoidakis

Paul Stassino

as Yani Katsias

Dimitri Andreas

as Niko Soldan Emeris

Wolfe Morris

as George

Roland Bartrop

as Miki

Cyril Cusack

as Captain Sandy Rendel

Laurence Payne

as Manoli

John Cairney

as Elias

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