Night Ambush

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Night Ambush ★★½ Ill Met By Moonlight 1957

A Nazi general is kidnapped on Crete by British agents, who embark on a dangerous trip to the coast where a ship awaits to take them to Cairo. The general tries to thwart their plans, but they outwit him at every turn. Based on a novel by W. Stanley Moss that details a similar real-life event. 100m/B VHS . GB Dirk Bogarde, Marius Goring, David Oxley, Cyril Cusack, Christopher Lee; D: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger.