Against the Wind
6.4
“They played macabre jokes - lively but deadly.”
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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Cast
29 people
Robert Beatty
Father Philip Elliot
Known for
2001: A Space Odyssey
Jesus of Nazareth
Simone Signoret
Michèle Denis
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Diabolique
Casque d'Or
Jack Warner
Max Cronk
Known for
The Ladykillers
The Blue Lamp
Gordon Jackson
Scotty Duncan
Known for
Shaka Zulu
The Great Escape
Paul Dupuis
Jacques Picquart
Known for
Passport to Pimlico
James Robertson Justice
Ackerman
Known for
Moby Dick
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Eugene Deckers
Marcel van Hecke
Known for
The Restaurant
North West Frontier
John Slater
Emile Meyer
Known for
Passport to Pimlico
The Million Pound Note
Peter Illing
Andrew
Known for
The Battle of the River Plate
Sybille Binder
Florence Malou
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Blanche Fury
Thunder Rock
Andrew Blackett
Frankie
Known for
Treasure Island
Arthur Lawrence
Capt. Verreker
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Ruth
A Piece of Cake
Charles Crichton Director · Michael Pertwee Screenplay T. E. B. Clarke Screenplay
United States release June 25, 1949 · Produced in United Kingdom · Production J. Arthur Rank Organisation
Production
Ealing Studios
Production
J. Arthur Rank Organisation
Production
United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · February 1, 1948
Theatrical
United States · June 25, 1949
Theatrical
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