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Battle of the V-1

4.5 100 mins Drama   War   1958
Director(s): Vernon Sewell

1943: A schoolmaster called Stefan Novak (Michael Rennie) and his watchmaker friend Tadek (David Knight) are working for the Polish resistance lead by Stanislav Muski (Peter Madden) and allow themselves to be captured by the Nazis and taken to a labour camp on the Baltic coast so that they can spy on the operations there. Stefan and Tadek discover that the camp houses a huge production unit where the V1 rocket is being built, which Hitler intends to use to destroy London. The pair succeed in informing the resistance of what is happening who in turn tip off the allies who launch a full scale raid on the plant and destroy it therefore setting back the Nazis' plan by months. However, the fight is far from over as Hitler's generals proceed with plans to build yet another plant and Stefan and Tadek are faced with a dangerous challenge, they must capture a complete V1 rocket and help in smuggling it back to Britain so that the allies can prepare themselves for Hitler's proposed invasion...

Casts of Battle of the V-1

Michael Rennie

as Stefan

Patricia Medina

as Zofia

Milly Vitale

as Anna

David Knight

as Tadek

Esmond Knight

as Stricker

Christopher Lee

as Brunner

John G. Heller

as Fritz

Carl Jaffe

as General

Peter Madden

as Stanislaw

George Pravda

as Karewski

Gordon Sterne

as Margraaf

Carl Duering

as Scientist

Harold Siddons

as Master Bomber

George Pastell

as Eryk

Henri Vidon

as Konim

Stanley Zevic

as Kubala

Gregory Dark

as Franus

Jan Conrad

as Wlodek

Tom Clegg

as Anton

Robert Raikes

as Dakota Pilot

Valerie White

as German Forewoman

Geoffrey Chater

as Min. of Defence

Julian Somers

as Reichsführer

Jack Armstrong

as German Scientist (uncredited)

Paul Beradi

as German Scientist (uncredited)

Bob Bryan

as German Scientist (uncredited)

Jack Cooper

as German Scientist (uncredited)

George Curtis

as German Scientist (uncredited)

Harry Drew

as German Scientist (uncredited)

Patrick Halpin

as German Scientist (uncredited)

Jack Hetherington

as German Scientist (uncredited)

Jack Mandeville

as German Scientist (uncredited)

Richard Neller

as German Scientist (uncredited)

Jim Tyson

as German Scientist (uncredited)

James Ure

as German Scientist (uncredited)

Gertan Klauber

as SS Guard (uncredited)

Martin Lyder

as SS Officer (uncredited)

Richard Shaw

as SS Officer (uncredited)

Jack Mandeville

as German Soldier (uncredited)

Norman Mitchell

as German Officer (uncredited)

Richard Pearson

as Senior RAF Officer (uncredited)

Martin Shaban

as Dentist (uncredited)

Norman Shelley

as Senior Army Officer (uncredited)

Emile Stemmler

as Forced Labour (uncredited)

Frank Thornton

as British Scientist (uncredited)

Patrick Waddington

as Air Marshall (uncredited)

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