Ill Met by Moonlight poster

Ill Met by Moonlight( 1957)

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They stole a General under the noses of his 20,000 crack paratroops.

Overview

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

    Top Billed Cast

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      Dirk Bogarde

      Maj. Patrick Leigh Fermor aka "Philedem"

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      David Oxley

      Capt. William Stanley "Bill" Moss

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      Marius Goring

      Major General Kreipe

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      Dimitri Andreas

      Niko Soldan Emeris

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      Cyril Cusack

      Captain Sandy Rendel

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      Laurence Payne

      Manoli

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      Wolfe Morris

      George

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      Michael Gough

      Andoni Zoidakis

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      John Cairney

      Elias

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      Brian Worth

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      Roland Bartrop

      Miki

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      George Eugeniou

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      Paul Stassino

      Yani Katsias

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      Peter Augustine

      The Dentist

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      Christopher Rhodes

      General Breuer

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      Christopher Lee

      German officer at The Dentist's office

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      Richard Marner

      German Officer with Gen. Breuer

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      David McCallum

      Sailor on Pick Up Ship (uncredited bit)

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      Peter Swanwick

      Spectacled Officer with General Breuer

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      Adeeb Assaly

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      Peter Brace

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      Guido Lorraine

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      Howard Marion-Crawford

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      George Pravda

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      Andreas Malandrinos

      Greek (uncredited)

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      E. V. H. Emmett

      Narrator(voice) (uncredited)

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      Gisela Birke

      German Girl(uncredited)

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      Phyllia Houseman

      Michali's Sister

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      John Houseman

      Johnny Houseman

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      Takis Frangofinos

      Michali

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      Theo Moreas

      Village Priest

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    A review by CinemaSerf

    7
    Written by CinemaSerf on Wed Jan 29 2025
    Dirk Bogarde was good in these light-hearted but entertaining wartime dramas, and together here with Marius Goring manages to keep this moving along well. He's a British officer on Crete who comes up with a plan to kidnap the Nazi's commanding general "Kreipe" (Goring) together with the local resistance. Quite quickly, they discover that the general isn't that well protected. Getting him is one thing, keeping him and getting him off the island is going to be something completely different though as it turns out he's quite a shrewd customer. With the soldiers combing the island to find them, we ...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

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    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • general
    • kidnapping
    • crete
    • partisan
    • morse code