May 17th

They Who Dare*                           

(GB 1953)
 British Lion/Mayflower. 107m.

In 1942 British commandos and Greek patriots attempt to sabotage the German-occupied airfields on the island of Rhodes.
Proficient, slightly studio-bound WWII adventure with added melodramatics, the Technicolor looking unsuitable for the grittiness of the subject.

Written by: Robert Westerby.
Producers: Maxwell Sefton, Audrey Baring.
Director: Lewis Milestone.
Starring: Dirk Bogarde, Denholm Elliott, Akim Tamiroff, Eric Pohlmann, Gerard Oury, Alec Mango, David Peel, Peter Burton, Sam Kydd.
Photography: Wilkie Cooper.
Music: Robert Gill.