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Against the Wind
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Against the Wind

1948-02-01 · 96 min · ★ 6.3

War · Action · Drama

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.

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Directors
Charles Crichton
Production companies
Ealing Studios, J. Arthur Rank Organisation
Countries
United Kingdom
Status
Released

Top Cast

Robert BeattyRobert BeattyFather Philip Elliot
Simone SignoretSimone SignoretMichèle Denis
Jack WarnerJack WarnerMax Cronk
Gordon JacksonGordon JacksonScotty Duncan
Paul DupuisPaul DupuisJacques Picquart
James Robertson JusticeJames Robertson JusticeAckerman
Eugene DeckersEugene DeckersMarcel van Hecke
John SlaterJohn SlaterEmile Meyer
Peter IllingPeter IllingAndrew
Sybille BinderSybille BinderFlorence Malou
Andrew BlackettFrankie
Arthur LawrenceArthur LawrenceCapt. Verreker
Gisèle PrévilleGisèle PrévilleJulie
Hélène HansenMarie Berlot
Gilbert DavisCommandant
Leo de PokornyBalthasar
Rory MacDermotCarey
Kenneth VilliersLewis
Kenneth HydeKenneth HydeCapt. Parker
Olaf OlsenGerman Officer

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