Operation Crossbow (1965)

Director

• Michael Anderson

Starring

• George Peppard
• Sophia Loren
• Trevor Howard
• John Mills
• Richard Johnson

Last On

12:20-14:15 Sun 26th Jul 2026 112m
BBC2

Synopsis

As the story goes, three American soldiers (Tom Courtenay, Jeremy Kemp and George Peppard) are ordered to parachute into Germany and destroy a critical Nazi base, a delicate mission that puts the operatives' lives at stake in this big-budget World War II flick. After bombing in its initial release, the film was renamed The Great Spy Mission -- mostly because execs worried that "crossbow" connoted "Robin Hood." Sophia Loren co-stars.