Saturday, December 06, 2008

Dec 5th
Mosquito Squadron
GB 1968. United Artists/Oakmont. 90m.

A squadron leader falls in love with his best friend's widow, then discovers he is alive within the enemy rocket base that they are ordered to bomb.
Boys' Own WWII drama with borrowings from The Dam Busters, 633 Squadron and Operation Crossbow (with stock footage), and some good action and romantic period details, but a plot straight out of the pages of Commando magazine.

Written by: Donald S. Sanford, Joyce Perry.
Producer: Lewis J. Rachmill.
Director: Boris Sagal.
Starring: David McCallum, Suzanne Neve, David Buck, Charles Gray, Dinsdale Landen, David Dundas, Nicky Henson, Bryan Marshall, Peter Copley, Vladek Sheybal, Robert Urquhart.
Photography: Paul Beeson.
Music: Frank Cordell.

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