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Night Ambush

1958, War, 1h 33m

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With Crete controlled by German Gen. Heinrich Kreipe (Marius Goring), British Maj. Patrick Leigh Fermor (Dirk Bogarde) and Capt. W. Stanley Moss (David Oxley) launch a raid of the island. The Englishmen, backed by rebel forces who've fought against the occupying troops throughout World War II, ambush a Nazi roadblock and seize Kreipe. Charged with the task of transporting their hostage to a British base in Egypt, Fermor and Moss must elude a host of armed Germans intent on freeing Kreipe.
  • Genre:
    War
  • Original Language:
    English
  • Director:
    Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
  • Release Date (Theaters):
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Cast & Crew

Dirk Bogarde
Dirk Bogarde
Major Patrick Leigh Fermor
Marius Goring
Marius Goring
Major General Kreipe
David Oxley
David Oxley
Captain W. Stanley Moss, M.C.
Cyril Cusack
Cyril Cusack
Sandy
Laurence Payne
Laurence Payne
Manoli
Michael Gough
Michael Gough
Andoni Zoidakis
Brian Worth
Brian Worth
Stratis Saviolkis
John Cairney
John Cairney
Elias
Michael Powell
Michael Powell
Director
Emeric Pressburger
Emeric Pressburger
Director
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Critic Reviews for Night Ambush

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Audience Reviews for Night Ambush

  • Sep 08, 2011
    A true story about a group of British agents and Greek resistance fighters performing an audacious operation right under the noses of the cream of the German armed forces. Beautifully played and paced in an endearingly modest and understated British manner this film is something of a classic.... And if anyone doesn't know - the title is a quote is from A Midsummer Night's Dream by another famous Brit.
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