Ill Met By Moonlight

A distinguished British cast, headed by 1950s heart-throb Dirk Bogarde, leads this Powell and Pressburger war film which is based on a true story. British agents conspire with local partisans to kidnap a prominent German General during the occupation of Crete in WWII. They decide to bring the officer to a beachhead, where he'll be transported to Egypt. But the Germans are not taking this lying down, and their method of revenge will capture the Brits by surprise...