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George peppard, sophia loren, trevor howard, tom courtenay en anthony quayle. May, 2011 operation crossbow was launched late 1943 and bombing of the ski sites began two days before christmas. Allied agents attempt to infiltrate the nazis rocket research site. Operation crossbow wikipedia, a enciclopedia livre. It was obviously a bigbudget production for the time and the cinematography, sets and effects are impressive throughout. Staring lilli palmer, john mills, paul henreid and george peppard.
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