During World War II, the Greek island of Crete is occupied by the Nazis. British officers Major Patrick Leigh Fermor DSO and Captain Bill Stanley Moss MC of the Special Operations … See more

Emeric Pressburger had read and bought the rights to W. Stanley Moss's book in 1950, but production would not begin for another six years. Following the success of See more

The story was affectionately parodied by Spike Milligan in the 1957 Goon Show episode, "Ill Met by Goonlight". See more

• "Ill Met by Moonlight Expeditions". Archived from the original on 23 September 2009.
• "Special Camp 11 – Prisoner Kreipe". Archived from the original on 23 November 2007.
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• Dirk Bogarde as Major Patrick "Paddy" Leigh Fermor aka "Philedem"
• Marius Goring as Major General Heinrich Kreipe
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The film was the seventh most popular movie at the British box office in 1957.
According to Kinematograph Weekly the film was "in the money" at the British box office in 1957. See more

• They Who Dare
• Sophie Moss
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