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Ill Met by Moonlight

Emeric Pressburger

1957 • 1h 44m

Led by British officers, partisans on Crete plan to kidnap the island's German commander and smuggle him to Cairo to embarrass the occupiers.

Ill Met by Moonlight

Ill Met By Moonlight: Restoration Trailer

Cast

Dirk Bogarde

Dirk BogardeMaj. Patrick Leigh Fermor aka "Philedem"

David Oxley

David OxleyCapt. William Stanley "Bill" Moss

Marius Goring

Marius GoringMajor General Kreipe

Dimitri Andreas

Dimitri AndreasNiko Soldan Emeris

Cyril Cusack

Cyril CusackCaptain Sandy Rendel

Laurence Payne

Laurence PayneManoli

Wolfe MorrisGeorge

Michael Gough

Michael GoughAndoni Zoidakis

John Cairney

John CairneyElias

Brian Worth

Roland Bartrop

Roland BartropMiki

George Eugeniou

Paul Stassino

Paul StassinoYani Katsias

Peter AugustineThe Dentist

Christopher Rhodes

Christopher RhodesGeneral Breuer

Crew

Emeric Pressburger

Emeric PressburgerDirector

Michael Powell

Michael PowellDirector

Earl St. John

Earl St. JohnExecutive Producer

Míkis Theodorakis

Míkis TheodorakisOriginal Music Composer

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Ill Met by Moonlight (1957) — Backlot Notes