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Against the Wind
Against the Wind

Against the Wind

They played macabre jokes - lively but deadly.

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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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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

96 mins

Rating

6.1/10

Release Date

01 February 1948

Country

United Kingdom

Cast

Robert Beatty

Robert Beatty

Father Philip Elliot

Simone Signoret

Simone Signoret

Michèle Denis

Jack Warner

Jack Warner

Max Cronk

Gordon Jackson

Gordon Jackson

Scotty Duncan

Paul Dupuis

Paul Dupuis

Jacques Picquart

James Robertson Justice

James Robertson Justice

Ackerman

Eugene Deckers

Eugene Deckers

Marcel van Hecke

John Slater

John Slater

Emile Meyer

Peter Illing

Peter Illing

Andrew

Sybille Binder

Sybille Binder

Florence Malou

Andrew Blackett

Andrew Blackett

Frankie

Arthur Lawrence

Arthur Lawrence

Capt. Verreker

Gisèle Préville

Gisèle Préville

Julie

Hélène Hansen

Hélène Hansen

Marie Berlot

Gilbert Davis

Gilbert Davis

Commandant

Leo de Pokorny

Leo de Pokorny

Balthasar

Rory MacDermot

Rory MacDermot

Carey

Kenneth Villiers

Kenneth Villiers

Lewis

Kenneth Hyde

Kenneth Hyde

Capt. Parker

Olaf Olsen

Olaf Olsen

German Officer

Philo Hauser

Philo Hauser

Joseph

Martin Bradley

Martin Bradley

Capt. Rich

Sheila Carty

Sheila Carty

Bridie

Margot Lassner

Margot Lassner

Madame Meyer

Guy Deghy

Guy Deghy

German Sergeant Major

Jean Pierre Hambye

Jean Pierre Hambye

Blondel

George Kersen

George Kersen

Flour

Duncan Lewis

Duncan Lewis

Sergeant

Robert Wyndham

Robert Wyndham

Doctor

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