Directed by:
Brian Desmond HurstCinematography:
Robert KraskerComposer:
William AlwynCast:
Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Anthony Steel, Muriel Pavlow, Renée Asherson, Ralph Truman, Flora Robson, Peter Bull, Stuart Burge, Michael Craig, Maurice Denham (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
This British wartime drama focuses on the crucial battle for control of Malta. Lieutenant Peter Ross, a Royal Air Force reconnaissance photographer, gets shot down over Malta while flying to Egypt. Since he cannot get off the island, the British forces there employ his talents to help defeat the Nazis. Ross sets out to find and photograph the location of the Nazi forces attacking the island -- but he still finds time to fall in love with Maria, a local girl. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Alec Guinness
UK
Best movies:
Jack Hawkins
UK
Best movies:
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Ben-Hur (1959)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Anthony Steel
UK
Best movies:
I'm the Girl He Wants to Kill (1974) (TV movie)
Winnetou: The Red Gentleman (1964)
Massacre in Rome (1973)
Muriel Pavlow
UK
Best movies:
Almost Strangers (2001) (series)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Reach for the Sky (1956)
Renée Asherson
UK
Best movies:
The Others (2001)
Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced (1985) (TV movie)
The Magic Box (1951)
Ralph Truman
UK
Best movies:
Ben-Hur (1959)
Oliver Twist (1948)
El Cid (1961)
Flora Robson
UK
Best movies:
Clash of the Titans (1981)
Romeo and Juliet (1954)
The Sea Hawk (1940)
Peter Bull
UK
Best movies:
Stuart Burge
UK
Best movies:
Malta Story (1953)
Michael Craig
India
Best movies:
The Silent Enemy (1958)
Desert Patrol (1958)
Campbell's Kingdom (1957)
Maurice Denham
UK
Best movies:
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Oliver Twist (1948)
Man with a Million (1954)
Gordon Jackson
UK
Best movies:
My Brother Tom (1986) (TV movie)
The Great Escape (1963)
The Medusa Touch (1978)
Victor Maddern
UK
Best movies:
The Longest Day (1962)
Footsteps in the Fog (1955)
Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965)
Jerry Desmonde
UK
Best movies:
Trouble in Store (1953)
The Early Bird (1965)
A Stitch in Time (1963)
Noel Willman
Ireland
Best movies:
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Never Let Go (1960)
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
Lee Patterson
Canada
Best movies:
Reach for the Sky (1956)
War and Remembrance (1988) (series)
Airplane II: The Sequel (1982)
Rosalie Crutchley
UK
Best movies:
The Nun's Story (1959)
Cadfael (1994) (series)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Thomas Heathcote
India
Best movies:
Julius Caesar (1970)
A Man for All Seasons (1966)
A Night to Remember (1958)
Nigel Stock
Malta
Best movies:
The Great Escape (1963)
The Password is Courage (1962)
Never Let Go (1960)
Derek Aylward
UK
Best movies:
Darling (1965)
A Yank at Oxford (1938)
Malta Story (1953)