Directed by:
Lewis MilestoneCinematography:
Wilkie CooperCast:
Dirk Bogarde, Akim Tamiroff, Gérard Oury, Denholm Elliott, Lisa Gastoni, Robert Rietty, Alec Mango, Eileen Way, Eric Pohlmann, Harold Siddons (more)Plots(1)
Based on the true story of “Operation Anglo”, which involved an attack on two airfields on Rhodes by the S.B.S. (not the S.A.S. as portrayed in the film), They Who Dare is an entertaining tale directed by a veteran of WWII adventure films and starring the incomparable Dirk Bogarde. (Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment)
Cast
Dirk Bogarde
UK
Best movies:
The Password is Courage (1962)
A Bridge Too Far (1977)
The Damned (1969)
Akim Tamiroff
Russian Empire
Best movies:
The Reluctant Saint (1962)
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
Touch of Evil (1958)
Gérard Oury
France
Best movies:
Back to the Wall (1958)
Father Brown (1954)
La Nuit est mon royaume (1951)
Denholm Elliott
UK
Best movies:
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
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Lisa Gastoni
Italy
Best movies:
Wake Up and Die (1966)
Doctor in the House (1954)
Maria Montessori: una vita per i bambini (2007) (TV movie)
Robert Rietty
UK
Best movies:
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969)
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Alec Mango
UK
Best movies:
Lust for Life (1956)
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (1951)
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)
Eileen Way
UK
Best movies:
Les Miserables (1978) (TV movie)
War and Remembrance (1988) (series)
The Vikings (1958)
Eric Pohlmann
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Third Man (1949)
Lust for Life (1956)
The Return of the Pink Panther (1975)
Harold Siddons
UK
Best movies:
The Silent Enemy (1958)
The Dam Busters (1955)
A Night to Remember (1958)
Michael Mellinger
German Empire
Best movies:
Gladiator (2000)
The Password is Courage (1962)
Jonathan Creek (1997) (series)
Sam Kydd
UK
Best movies:
A Town Like Alice (1956)
Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (1951)
Reach for the Sky (1956)
David Peel
UK
Best movies:
The Hands of Orlac (1960)
They Who Dare (1954)
The Brides of Dracula (1960)
William Russell
UK
Best movies:
An Adventure in Space and Time (2013) (TV movie)
The Great Escape (1963)
The Man Who Never Was (1956)
Kay Callard
Canada
Best movies:
Stolen Assignment (1955)
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Riders (1993) (TV movie)
Peter Burton
UK
Best movies:
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
The Scarlet and the Black (1983) (TV movie)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)