633 Squadron
– When Norwegian resistance leader Lieutenant Erik Bergman reports the location of a German V-2 rocket..
When Norwegian resistance leader Lieutenant Erik Bergman reports the location of a German V-2 rocket fuel plant, the Royal Air Force's 633 Squadron is assigned the mission to destroy it. The plant is in a seemingly-impregnable location beneath an overhanging cliff at the end of a long, narrow fjord lined with anti-aircraft guns. The only way to destroy the plant is by collapsing the cliff on top of it.
11 Jul 1964
English, German
Walter Grauman
James Clavell (screenplay), Howard Koch (screenplay), Frederick E. Smith (novel)
Cliff Robertson, George Chakiris, Maria Perschy, Harry Andrews
633 Squadron has enjoyed an unqualified string of successes. Their luck changes when they are assigned to bomb a German rocket fuel plant, in Norway which is guarded by heavy anti-aircraft defences, and the plant is considered bomb-proof. Their nearly impossible mission is further complicated by a German air raid, the difficult approach to the target and the capture and torture of the underground leader who is assisting the squadron.
United Artists