08 Sep 2000
The Way of the Gun
Two criminal drifters without sympathy get more than they bargained for after kidnapping and holding for ransom the surrogate mother of a powerful and shady man.
Ill Met by Moonlight
They stole a General under the noses of his 20,000 crack paratroops.
Led by British officers, partisans on Crete plan to kidnap the island's German commander and smuggle him to Cairo to embarrass the occupiers.
Top Billed Cast
Dirk Bogarde Maj. Patrick Leigh Fermor aka "Philedem"
David Oxley Capt. William Stanley "Bill" Moss
Marius Goring Major General Kreipe
Dimitri Andreas Niko Soldan Emeris
Cyril Cusack Captain Sandy Rendel
Laurence Payne Manoli
Wolfe Morris George
Michael Gough Andoni Zoidakis
John Cairney Elias
Brian Worth 
Roland Bartrop Miki
George Eugeniou 
Paul Stassino Yani Katsias
Peter Augustine The Dentist
Christopher Rhodes General Breuer
Christopher Lee German officer at The Dentist's office
Richard Marner German Officer with Gen. Breuer
David McCallum Sailor on Pick Up Ship (uncredited bit)
Peter Swanwick Spectacled Officer with General Breuer
Adeeb Assaly
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