BATTLE OF THE V-1 (1958)

Battle of the V-1
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Battle of the V-1
Drama, War
January 1, 1958
English
1h 40m
United States

1943: A schoolmaster called Stefan Novak (Michael Rennie) and his watchmaker friend Tadek (David Knight) are working for the Polish resistance lead by Stanislav Muski (Peter Madden) and allow themselves to be captured by the Nazis and taken to a labour camp on the Baltic coast so that they can spy on the operations there. Stefan and Tadek discover that the camp houses a huge production unit where the V1 rocket is being built, which Hitler intends to use to destroy London. The pair succeed in informing the resistance of what is happening who in turn tip off the allies who launch a full scale raid on the plant and destroy it therefore setting back the Nazis' plan by months. However, the fight is far from over as Hitler's generals proceed with plans to build yet another plant and Stefan and Tadek are faced with a dangerous challenge, they must capture a complete V1 rocket and help in smuggling it back to Britain so that the allies can prepare themselves for Hitler's proposed invasion...

Cast & Characters

Carl Jaffe

General

Peter Madden

Stanislaw

Carl Duering

Scientist

Harold Siddons

Master Bomber

Robert Raikes

Dakota Pilot

Valerie White

German Forewoman

Geoffrey Chater

Min. of Defence

Julian Somers

Reichsführer

Jack Armstrong

German Scientist (uncredited)

Paul Beradi

German Scientist (uncredited)

Crew

Jack Hanley

Screenplay

Eryk Wlodek

Screenplay

Robert Sharples

Original Music Composer

Basil Emmott

Director of Photography