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62% Critic Match
Ill Met by Moonlight
“They stole a General under the noses of his 20,000 crack paratroops.”
6.2 / 10• 1957• 1h 44m•NR• English
WarAdventure
Storyline
Led by British officers, partisans on Crete plan to kidnap the island's German commander and smuggle him to Cairo to embarrass the occupiers.
Cast & Crew
Dirk Bogarde
Maj. Patrick Leigh Fermor aka "Philedem"
Lead
David Oxley
Capt. William Stanley "Bill" Moss
Marius Goring
Major General Kreipe
Dimitri Andreas
Niko Soldan Emeris
Cyril Cusack
Captain Sandy Rendel
Laurence Payne
Manoli
WM
Wolfe Morris
George
Michael Gough
Andoni Zoidakis
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Emeric Pressburger's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Ill Met by Moonlight is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
