Against the Wind

Against the Wind

Against the Wind

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Against the Wind

"They played macabre jokes - lively but deadly."

1948

1h 36m

6.1(14 votes)

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Action

Drama

Overview

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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Production Companies

Ealing Studios

Cast & Crew

29 members

Acting

Robert Beatty

Father Philip Elliot

Robert Beatty

Acting

Simone Signoret

Michèle Denis

Simone Signoret

Acting

Jack Warner

Max Cronk

Jack Warner

Acting

Gordon Jackson

Scotty Duncan

Gordon Jackson

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Paul Dupuis

Jacques Picquart

Paul Dupuis

Acting

James Robertson Justice

Ackerman

James Robertson Justice

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Eugene Deckers

Marcel van Hecke

Eugene Deckers

Acting

John Slater

Emile Meyer

John Slater

Acting

Peter Illing

Andrew

Peter Illing

Acting

Sybille Binder

Florence Malou

Sybille Binder

Acting

Andrew Blackett

Frankie

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Acting

Arthur Lawrence

Capt. Verreker

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Gisèle Préville

Julie

Gisèle Préville

Acting

Hélène Hansen

Marie Berlot

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Gilbert Davis

Commandant

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Acting

Leo de Pokorny

Balthasar

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Rory MacDermot

Carey

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Kenneth Villiers

Lewis

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Writing

Kenneth Hyde

Capt. Parker

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Acting

Olaf Olsen

German Officer

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Philo Hauser

Joseph

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Martin Bradley

Capt. Rich

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Acting

Sheila Carty

Bridie

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Margot Lassner

Madame Meyer

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Acting

Guy Deghy

German Sergeant Major

Guy Deghy

Acting

Jean Pierre Hambye

Blondel

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George Kersen

Flour

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Duncan Lewis

Sergeant

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Robert Wyndham

Doctor

Robert Wyndham

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