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Ill Met by Moonlight (1957), released in the US as Night Ambush (which is eleven minutes shorter than the British release), is a film by the British writer-director-producer team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, and the last movie they made together through their production company "The Archers".
Ill Met by Moonlight: The Abduction of General Kreipe is a non-fiction partly-autobiographical book [1] [2] written by W. Stanley Moss, [3] a British soldier, writer and traveller. It describes an operation in Crete during the Second World War to capture German general Heinrich Kreipe. Moss kept a diary during the war years and based his book ...
Powell himself felt that Ill Met by Moonlight was The Archers' worst film. Oh... Rosalinda!! (1955) The Battle of the River Plate (1956) Ill Met by Moonlight (1957) The Archers' productions officially came to an end in 1957, and the pair separated to pursue their individual careers.
The Helen Morgan Story (1957) – biographical drama film based on the life and career of torch singer/actress Helen Morgan [285] Ill Met by Moonlight (1957) – British action drama film based on events during W. Stanley Moss's service on Crete during World War II as an agent of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) [286]
These events were portrayed in Moss's 1950 semi-autobiographical book Ill Met by Moonlight: The Abduction of General Kreipe. [45] In 1957, the book was turned into the film starring Dirk Bogarde, David Oxley and Marius Goring. [46]
A list of films produced in the United Kingdom in 1957 (see 1957 in film): 1957. Title Director ... Ill Met by Moonlight: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger: ...
In 1950 W. Stanley Moss, one of the leaders of the operation, wrote a bestselling account of the abduction: Ill Met by Moonlight. In the 1957 film Ill Met by Moonlight, based on the book, Kreipe is portrayed by Marius Goring. [11] This operation was also parodied by the BBC radio program The Goon Show with the episode "Ill Met by Goonlight".
Ill Met by Moonlight (1957) Miracle in Soho (1957) The Prince and the Showgirl (1957) Carry On Sergeant (1958) A Night to Remember (1958) North West Frontier (1959) Carry On Nurse (1959) Tiger Bay (1959) The League of Gentlemen (1960) Peeping Tom (1960) Whistle Down the Wind (1961) Dr. No (1962) From Russia with Love (1963) Goldfinger (1964 ...