Battle of the V-1

Battle of the V-1
Directed by	Vernon Sewell
Produced by	George Maynard John Bash
Written by	Jack Hanley Eryk Wlodek Bernard Newman
Starring	Michael Rennie Patricia Medina
Music by	Robert Sharples
Cinematography	Basil Emmott
Studio	Eros Films & John Bash Films Corporation
Distributed by	Eros Films
Release date(s)	25 August 1958 (UK)
Running time	104 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Battle of the V-1 (also known as Battle of the V.1, Battle of the V1, Missile from Hell and Unseen Heroes) is a British war film from 1958, starring Michael Rennie, Patricia Medina, Milly Vitale, David Knight and Christopher Lee. It is based on the novel "They Saved London" by Bernard Newman.

Plot

The film tells the story of a Polish Resistance group which discovers details of the manufacture of the German V-1 'Flying Bomb' at Peenemünde in 1943. Liasing with service chiefs in London, the group manage to pass on enough information to convince them to launch a bombing raid and, in the climax to the film, are able to 'steal' a V-1 which lands in a field during testing and arrange for its transport back to the UK.

Cast

• Michael Rennie as Stefan
• Patricia Medina as Zofia
• Milly Vitale as Anna
• David Knight as Tadek
• Esmond Knight as Stricker
• Christopher Lee as Brunner
• John G. Heller as Fritz
• Carl Jaffe as General
• Peter Madden as Stanislaw
• George Pravda as Karewski
• Gordon Sterne as Margraaf
• Carl Duering as Scientist
• Harold Siddons as Wing Commander Searby - Master Bomber
• George Pastell as Eryk
• Geoffrey Chater as Minister of Defence
• Richard Pearson as Senior RAF Officer
• Frank Thornton as British Scientist

See also

• Armia Krajowa and V-1 and V-2
• Operation Most III

External links

• Battle of the V-1 at the Internet Movie Database