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Battle of the V-1 (1958)

1943: A schoolmaster called Stefan Novak (Michael Rennie) and his watchmaker friend Tadek (David Knight) are working for the Polish resistance lead by Stanislav Muski (Peter Madden) and allow themselves to be captured by the Nazis and taken to a labour camp on the Baltic coast so that they can spy on the operations there. Stefan and Tadek discover that the camp houses a huge production unit where the V1 rocket is being built, which Hitler intends to use to destroy London. The pair succeed in informing the resistance of what is happening who in turn tip off the allies who launch a full scale raid on the plant and destroy it therefore setting back the Nazis' plan by months. However, the fight is far from over as Hitler's generals proceed with plans to build yet another plant and Stefan and Tadek are faced with a dangerous challenge, they must capture a complete V1 rocket and help in smuggling it back to Britain so that the allies can prepare themselves for Hitler's proposed invasion...

Release: 1958-01-01
Runtime: 100 min
Rating: 4.5 / 10
Cast
Michael Rennie
Michael Rennie
Stefan
Patricia Medina
Patricia Medina
Zofia
Milly Vitale
Milly Vitale
Anna
David Knight
David Knight
Tadek
Esmond Knight
Esmond Knight
Stricker
Christopher Lee
Christopher Lee
Brunner
John G. Heller
John G. Heller
Fritz
Carl Jaffe
Carl Jaffe
General
Peter Madden
Peter Madden
Stanislaw
George Pravda
George Pravda
Karewski
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Gordon Sterne
Margraaf
Carl Duering
Carl Duering
Scientist
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Harold Siddons
Master Bomber
George Pastell
George Pastell
Eryk
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Henri Vidon
Konim
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Stanley Zevic
Kubala
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Gregory Dark
Franus
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Jan Conrad
Wlodek