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Contemporary Review
Ill Met By Moonlight (1957)
Picture Show, March 9th, 1957
*** Ill Met by Moonlight
(J.A.R.F.D.)
(Written, Produced and Directed by Michael
Powell and Emeric Pressburger)
British. Certificate "U"
Running time 104 minutes
In VistaVision
From the book "Ill Met by Moonlight" by
W. Stanley MossMajor Paddy Leigh-Fermor
alias PhilidemDirk Bogarde General Karl Kreipe Marius Goring Captain Billy Stanley Moss David Oxley Sandy Cyril Cusack Manoli Laurence Payne George Wolfe Morris Andoni Zoidakis Michael Gough Micky Akoumianakis Rowland Bartrop Stratis Saviolkis Brian Worth Yanni Katsias Paul Stassino Zahari Adeeb Assaly Elias John Cairney Charis Zographakis George Egeniou Nikko Demitri Andreas A Village Priest Theo Moreas Michali Takis Frangofinos
Superbly photographed, with glorious backgrounds, this adventurous story of the commander-in-chief of German occupied Crete in wartime is full of laughter and thrills. It will be thoroughly enjoyed, even though there is no woman in it. Well acted and told.
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