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Night Ambush

“They stole a General under the noses of his 20,000 crack paratroops.”

1957 · 1 h 33 min
Directed by Michael Powell
ActionAdventureDramaWar

Cast

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Plot

Led by British officers, partisans on Crete plan to kidnap a German general.

Sinekatalog’s take

Michael Powell's war film, also known as Ill Met by Moonlight, with Dirk Bogarde and David Oxley, is breezy and true-story based.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 6.5 / 10 (2,249 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.