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Operation Crossbow (film) Quotes

Operation Crossbow (film) is a TV program that was first aired in 1970 . Operation Crossbow stopped airing in 1970.

It features Carlo Ponti as producer, Ron Goodwin in charge of musical score, and Erwin Hillier as head of cinematography.

Operation Crossbow (film) is recorded in German and originally aired in United Kingdom. Each episode of Operation Crossbow (film) is 115 minutes long. Operation Crossbow (film) is distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

The cast includes: George Peppard as Lt. John Curtis, Tom Courtenay as Robert Henshaw, Richard Johnson as Duncan Sandys, Helmut Dantine as Gen. Linz, Jeremy Kemp as Phil Bradley, John Mills as Gen. Boyd, Karel Štěpánek as Prof. Hoffer, and Patrick Wymark as Prime Minister Winston Churchill.

Operation Crossbow (film) Quotes

Karel Štěpánek as Prof. Hoffer

  • (Karel Štěpánek) "We need men like you. These days, good engineers are scarcer than --"
  • (George Peppard) "than good coffee."
  • (Karel Štěpánek) "With this rocket, we'll be able to explode a warhead right in the heart of New York."

George Peppard as Lt. John Curtis

  • (Nora Van Ostamgen) "Do you have children?"
  • (George Peppard) "No."
  • (Nora Van Ostamgen) "Are you married?"
  • (George Peppard) "No."
  • (Nora Van Ostamgen) "Then, it's easy to play the hero."
  • (George Peppard) "You don't know?"
  • (John Mills) "No."
  • (George Peppard) "What do you call this mission? Operation Question Mark?"
  • (George Peppard) "You really don't have any choice. You may as well trust me."
  • (Nora Van Ostamgen) "I trust you."
  • (Nora Van Ostamgen) "Get out of my way."
  • (George Peppard) "If you don't shut up, we'll have to gag you."
  • (George Peppard) "They're testing a new one; long range."
  • (Jeremy Kemp) "How long?"
  • (George Peppard) "They call it the New York rocket."
  • (Dutch Barge Skipper) "This is your way to the hotel. You vill show your papers and rooms like other engineers. The Gestapo will not suspect nothing."
  • (George Peppard) "I don't like the double negative."
  • (Dutch Barge Skipper) "Sorry, I do not understand the English too well."
  • (George Peppard) "Glad to hear it."
  • (George Peppard) "If you're chute doesn't open, change it for a harp."
  • (Tom Courtenay) "I'm not musical."

Richard Johnson as Duncan Sandys

  • (Richard Johnson) "We'll never win the war unless we are prepared to take risks, sometimes, great risks."

Helmut Dantine as Gen. Linz

  • (Helmut Dantine) "The British must be shown conclusively what German energy and German ingenuity can achieve. The Führer has ordered the total destruction of London. And I; I won't let my Führer down."
  • (Helmut Dantine) "The Führer is far-sighted. He knows that the rocket is the weapon of tomorrow."

John Mills as Gen. Boyd

  • (John Mills) "If the Germans took a photographic record of all their foreign workers, they'd need a filing cabinet as big as Hitler's ego."
  • (John Mills) "Henshaw's new identity papers are sown into the spine of this book."
  • (Jeremy Kemp) "Really? I have the most awful habit of losing books."
  • (John Mills) "Well, for God's sake don't lose that one. Now, here are your new papers. You're name is Engel. Dr. Engel. Traveling from Pilsen. Your background's a bit sketchy, I'm afraid. We haven't had a great deal of time."
  • (Jeremy Kemp) "Supposing I'm questioned?"
  • (John Mills) "You'll just have to use your imagination."
  • (John Mills) "You'll have to lose the handlebars too. Now, don't worry, you'll only be in Germany a couple of days."
  • (Jeremy Kemp) "Greatly relieved to hear it, sir."
  • (John Mills) "You've got to think in Dutch. Think in German. Think in French."

Patrick Wymark as Prime Minister Winston Churchill

  • (Patrick Wymark) "Let us start at once. Let us clear the rubble. Lay the bricks. And let us do so in the firm conviction that we are building for the future. That never again shall we have to embark upon such a conflict that we recently endured. I solemnly believe that the price of such a folly, would be far more than mankind could afford to pay."
  • (Patrick Wymark) "I've been reading your final report on Operation Crossbow. It was a vital task."

Jeremy Kemp as Phil Bradley

  • (Jeremy Kemp) "I was almost looking forward to going to Brussels, sir. Thought I might even find a really decent bottle of claret."

Tom Courtenay as Robert Henshaw

  • (German Hotel Porter) "Please don't open the curtains."
  • (Tom Courtenay) "You get air raids here?"
  • (German Hotel Porter) "I'll say. The Americans by day, the British by night."

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