Malta, 1942, during World War II. While the German air force is relentlessly bombing the island, a British pilot falls in love with a young Maltese girl.
Cast
Alec Guinness
Flight Lt. Peter Ross
Jack Hawkins
Air CO Frank
Muriel Pavlow
Maria Gonzar
Anthony Steel
John Bartlett
Renée Asherson
Joan Rivers
Flora Robson
Melita Gonzar
Hugh Burden
Eden
Nigel Stock
Giuseppe Gonzar
Stuart Burge
Paolo Gonzar
Rosalie Crutchley
Carmella Gonzar
Reginald Tate
Vice Adm. Payne
Ralph Truman
Vice Adm Willie Banks
Gordon Jackson
British Soldier
Ronald Adam
Operations Room Controller
Peter Barkworth
Cypher Clerk
Ivor Barnard
Old Man
Peter Bull
Flying Officer
Michael Craig
British Officer
Maurice Denham
British Officer
Jerry Desmonde
General
Thomas Heathcote
Radar Operator
Geoffrey Keen
Sergeant Major
Dermot Kelly
British Soldier at Airport
Sam Kydd
Army Airfield Soldier
Victor Maddern
Army Airfield Soldier
Michael Medwin
Ramsey
Lee Patterson
Officer on Truck
William Russell
Officer at Prison
Harold Siddons
Matthews
Noel Willman
Hobley
Crew
Brian Desmond Hurst
Director
Nigel Balchin
Screenplay
William Fairchild
Screenplay, Story
Hugh P. Lloyd
Novel
Michael Gordon
Editor
Robert Krasker
Director of Photography
Maurice Gibson
Third Assistant Director
Earl St. John
Executive Producer
Peter De Sarigny
Producer, Idea
H. A. R. Thomson
Camera Operator
W.T. Partleton
Makeup Artist
E. Steward
Second Unit Cinematographer
Eric Wood
Sound Editor
John W. Mitchell
Sound Recordist
Gordon K. McCallum
Sound Recordist
Bill Warrington
Special Effects
Albert Whitlock
Special Effects
William Alwyn
Original Music Composer
Tilly Day
Script Supervisor
Thorold Dickinson
Idea
John Howell
Art Direction
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