Set in German-occupied Norway, resistance fighter Knut Straud enlists the reluctant physicist Rolf Pedersen in an effort to destroy the German heavy water production plant in rural Telemark.
Cast
Kirk Douglas
Dr. Rolf Pedersen
Richard Harris
Knut Straud
Ulla Jacobsson
Anna Pedersen
Michael Redgrave
Uncle
David Weston
Arne
Anton Diffring
Major Frick
Eric Porter
Terboven
Mervyn Johns
Col. Wilkinson
Jennifer Hilary
Sigrid
Roy Dotrice
Jensen
Barry Jones
Professor Logan
Ralph Michael
Nilssen
Geoffrey Keen
General Bolt
Maurice Denham
Doctor
Wolf Frees
Knippelberg
Robert Ayres
General Courts
Sebastian Breaks
Gunnar
John Golightly
Freddy
Alan Howard
Oli
Patrick Jordan
Henrik
William Marlowe
Claus
Brook Williams
Einar
David Davies
Captain of "Galtesund"
Karl Stepanek
Hartmuller
Faith Brook
Woman on Bus
Elvi Hale
Mrs. Sandersen
Gerard Heinz
Erhardt
Victor Beaumont
German Sergeant
Philo Hauser
Businessman
George Murcell
Sturmfuhrer
Russell Waters
Mr. Sandersen
Jan Conrad
Watchman in Factory
Annette Andre
Girl Student (uncredited)
Crew
Anthony Mann
Director
Ben Barzman
Screenplay
Ivan Moffat
Screenplay
Knut Haukelid
Novel
John Drummond
Novel
Bert Bates
Editor
Robert Krasker
Director of Photography
George Pitcher
Production Supervisor
Benjamin Fisz
Producer
John Harris
Camera Operator
Ronnie Maasz
Camera Operator
Egil S. Woxholt
Camera Operator, Second Unit Director
John Burrows
Camera Operator
Maude Spector
Casting
Elsa Fennell
Wardrobe Supervisor
Maude Onslow
Hairdresser
Neville Smallwood
Makeup Artist
Teddy Mason
Sound Editor
Gordon K. McCallum
Sound Recordist
Bill Daniels
Sound Recordist
John P. Fulton
Special Effects
Malcolm Arnold
Original Music Composer
Robert Cartwright
Set Decoration
Ted Clements
Set Decoration
Jimmy Komisarjevsky
Location Manager
Gerry Crampton
Stunt Coordinator
Kay Mander
Continuity
Timothy Burrill
Production Manager
Bill Kirby
Production Manager
Anthony Masters
Art Direction
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