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Against the Wind

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Against the Wind

They played macabre jokes - lively but deadly.

6.1

1h 36m

1948

“They played macabre jokes - lively but deadly.”

Synopsis

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.

Director

Charles Crichton

WarActionDrama

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Cast & Crew

Robert Beatty

Robert Beatty

as Father Philip Elliot

Simone Signoret

Simone Signoret

as Michèle Denis

Jack Warner

Jack Warner

as Max Cronk

Gordon Jackson

Gordon Jackson

as Scotty Duncan

Paul Dupuis

Paul Dupuis

as Jacques Picquart

James Robertson Justice

James Robertson Justice

as Ackerman

Eugene Deckers

Eugene Deckers

as Marcel van Hecke

John Slater

John Slater

as Emile Meyer

Peter Illing

Peter Illing

as Andrew

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