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Against the Wind

They played macabre jokes - lively but deadly.

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.

1h 36m1948NRTMDb 6.3

WarActionDrama

English

Crew and Cast

Charles CrichtonCharles CrichtonDirectorRobert BeattyRobert BeattyFather Philip ElliotSimone SignoretSimone SignoretMichèle DenisJack WarnerJack WarnerMax CronkGordon JacksonGordon JacksonScotty DuncanPaul DupuisPaul DupuisJacques PicquartJames Robertson JusticeJames Robertson JusticeAckermanEugene DeckersEugene DeckersMarcel van HeckeJohn SlaterJohn SlaterEmile MeyerPeter IllingPeter IllingAndrewSybille BinderSybille BinderFlorence Malou
Andrew BlackettFrankieArthur LawrenceArthur LawrenceCapt. VerrekerGisèle PrévilleGisèle PrévilleJulie
Hélène HansenMarie Berlot
Gilbert DavisCommandant
Leo de PokornyBalthasar
Rory MacDermotCarey
Kenneth VilliersLewisKenneth HydeKenneth HydeCapt. Parker
Olaf OlsenGerman OfficerPhilo HauserPhilo HauserJoseph
Martin BradleyCapt. Rich
Sheila CartyBridie
Margot LassnerMadame MeyerGuy DeghyGuy DeghyGerman Sergeant Major
Jean Pierre HambyeBlondel
George KersenFlourDuncan LewisDuncan LewisSergeantRobert WyndhamRobert WyndhamDoctor

Storyline

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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Info

Status
Released
Released
1 February 1948
Runtime
1h 36m
Rating
NR
TMDB score
6.3 / 10 (16 votes)

Production

Director
Charles Crichton
Writers
Michael Pertwee, J. Elder Wills, T. E. B. Clarke
Studios
Ealing Studios, J. Arthur Rank Organisation
Countries
United Kingdom

Languages

Original
English
Spoken
English