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Against the Wind( 1948)

TV-MAWarActionDrama
61%
User
Score

They played macabre jokes - lively but deadly.

Overview

A disparate group of volunteers are trained as saboteurs and parachuted into Belgium to blow up an office containing important Nazi records and to rescue a prominent S.O.E. agent, who is being interrogated by the Germans for vital information.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Robert Beatty

      Father Philip Elliot

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      Simone Signoret

      Michèle Denis

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      Jack Warner

      Max Cronk

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      Gordon Jackson

      Scotty Duncan

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      Paul Dupuis

      Jacques Picquart

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      James Robertson Justice

      Ackerman

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      Eugene Deckers

      Marcel van Hecke

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      John Slater

      Emile Meyer

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      Peter Illing

      Andrew

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      Sybille Binder

      Florence Malou

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      Andrew Blackett

      Frankie

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      Arthur Lawrence

      Capt. Verreker

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      Gisèle Préville

      Julie

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      Hélène Hansen

      Marie Berlot

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      Gilbert Davis

      Commandant

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      Leo de Pokorny

      Balthasar

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      Rory MacDermot

      Carey

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      Kenneth Villiers

      Lewis

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      Kenneth Hyde

      Capt. Parker

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      Olaf Olsen

      German Officer

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      Philo Hauser

      Joseph

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      Martin Bradley

      Capt. Rich

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      Sheila Carty

      Bridie

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      Margot Lassner

      Madame Meyer

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      Guy Deghy

      German Sergeant Major

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      Jean Pierre Hambye

      Blondel

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      George Kersen

      Flour

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      Duncan Lewis

      Sergeant

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      Robert Wyndham

      Doctor

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Sat Jul 12 2025
    With his homeland under a Nazi yoke, displaced priest “Fr. Philip” (Robert Beatty) is part of a group of courageous men and women who are training to become underground fighters. With their target a records office, a small team are parachuted into a Brussels packed full of soldiers and so their perilous project begins. We know that they have an ally working within the army ranks but what they don’t know is that there is an enemy fifth columnist working within their own. Things soon come to an head when “Emile” (John Slater) is captured and so “Michelle” (Simone Signoret) and the out-of-his-dept...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • parachuting
    • belgium
    • priest