Description
Set in World War II and based on a true story, Battle of the V.1 starring Michael Rennie, Patricia Medina and Christopher Lee is set in Nazi held Poland. Polish Resistance discover a mysterious pilot-less plane being built and tested in Poland – the resistance inform Britain of the plane and British enlist a Polish school teacher (Michael Rennie) to infiltrate the factory where the “strange plane†was being built and pass as much information as possible back to London. The film tells the vital role that the Polish Resistance
and the British bombing raids served in averting the full impact of the V.1 flying bomb in World War II.
Directed By
Vernon Sewell
Cast
Michael Rennie – Stefan
Patricia Medina – Zofia
Milly Vitale – Anna
David Knight – Tadek
Esmond Knight – Stricker
Christopher Lee – Brunner
John G. Heller – Fritz
Carl Jaffe – General
Peter Madden – Stanislaw
George Pravda – Karewski
Gordon Sterne – Margraaf
Carl Duering – Scientist
Harold Siddons – Master Bomber
George Pastell – Eryk
Henri Vidon – Konim (as Henry Vidon)
Stanley Zevic – Kubala
Gregory Dark – Franus
Jan Conrad – Wlodek
Tom Clegg – Anton
Robert Raikes – Dakota Pilot
Valerie White – German Forewoman
Geoffrey Chater – Min. of Defence
Julian Somers – Reichführer
Year of Production 1958
Running Time: 109 mins approx
Colour
Format: 4:3
Region: 0
Sound: Dual Mono
Encryption: CSS
