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They Who Dare

1954-02-02 War 1hr 47m

In Greece during the war a small group of British commandoes and patriots land on an island with orders to attack two airfields from which the Luftwaffe is threatening allied forces in Egypt. The island is crawling with troops, and even moving by night the men soon run into trouble.

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In Greece during the war a small group of British commandoes and patriots land on an island with orders to attack two airfields from which the Luftwaffe is threatening allied forces in Egypt. The island is crawling with troops, and even moving by night the men soon run into trouble.

  • Released
    1954-02-02
  • Revenue
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  • Budget
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  • Runtime
    1hr 47m
  • Genre
    War
  • Status
    Released
  • Language
    English
  • imdb-logo
    5.5
  • Production
    Mayflower Productions

Crew

Lewis Milestone
Director
Robert Westerby
Screenplay
Aubrey Baring
Producer
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Cast

Dirk Bogarde

Dirk Bogarde
Lieutenant Graham
Denholm Elliott

Denholm Elliott
Sergeant Corcoran
Eric Pohlmann

Eric Pohlmann
Captain Papadapoulos
Akim Tamiroff

Akim Tamiroff
Captain George One
Harold Siddons

Harold Siddons
Lieutenant Stevens
William Russell

William Russell
Lieutenant Poole
Sam Kydd

Sam Kydd
Marine Boyd
Gérard Oury

Gérard Oury
Captain George Two
David Peel

David Peel
Sergeant Evans
Michael Mellinger

Michael Mellinger
Toplis
Alec Mango

Alec Mango
Patroklis
Anthea Leigh

Anthea Leigh
Marika
Lisa Gastoni

Lisa Gastoni
George Two's Girlfriend
Kay Callard

Kay Callard
Nightclub Singer
Eileen Way

Eileen Way
Greek Woman

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A Review by John Chard 5

Written by John Chard on 2014-07-30

The Colossus’ of Rhodes. They Who Dare is directed by Lewis Milestone and written by Robert Westerby. It stars Dirk Bogarde, Denholm Ell... read more

The Colossus’ of Rhodes. They Who Dare is directed by Lewis Milestone and written by Robert Westerby. It stars Dirk Bogarde, Denholm Elliott, Akim Tamiroff, William Russell, Eric Pohlmann and Harold Siddons. Music is by Robert Gill and cinematograpy by Wilkie Cooper. It’s “men on a mission” time as Special Commandos and some Greek partisans meet up on Rhodes to blow up two German airfields. And that’s about it really, oh of course there’s problems along the way such as questions of loyalty, hazards and set-backs such as minefields, and talking – lots of talking - as the men stand or sit around pondering the war and or - their own inadequacies etc. When the big action finale comes it is kind of worth the wait, but the performances are only adequate throughout and the script is lazily written to the point of tedium setting in. 5/10

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A Review by Geronimo1967 6

Written by Geronimo1967 on 2023-02-26

British forces in the Mediterranean are being constantly harried by Luftwaffe aircraft based on Rhodes. It falls to Dirk Bogarde ("Lt. Graha... read more

British forces in the Mediterranean are being constantly harried by Luftwaffe aircraft based on Rhodes. It falls to Dirk Bogarde ("Lt. Graham") to lead a small squad of British and Greek fighters whose job will be to infiltrate the defences of two air bases and reduce them - and their planes - to rubble, then get themselves back to the awaiting submarine of Eric Pohlmann's jovial "Capt. Papadapoulos". It has spells when it is quite exciting, but for the most part this is a rather slow-to-start and meandering adventure story that focusses way too much on the foibles of the characters rather than delivering a solid story. A decent cast - Denholm Elliott, Sam Kidd and Akim Tamiroff add little to neutralise the verbosity of the whole thing and the denouement didn't seem to quite make sense (or perhaps I just blinked?). It could easily lose twenty minutes of the preamble and focus more on the military and raiding aspects of the plot which I think would improve it greatly. As it is, Bogarde does enough to keep it moving - but only just.

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A Review by John Chard

The Colossus’ of Rhodes. They Who Dare is directed by Lewis Milestone and written by Robert Westerby. It stars Dirk Bogarde, Denholm Elliott, Akim Tamiroff, William Russell, Eric Pohlmann and Harold Siddons. Music is by Robert Gill and ...

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A Review by John Chard 5

Written by John Chard on 2014-07-30

The Colossus’ of Rhodes. They Who Dare is directed by Lewis Milestone and written by Robert Westerby. It stars Dirk Bogarde, Denholm Elliott, Akim Tamiroff, William Russell, Eric Pohlmann and Haro...

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A Review by Geronimo1967 6

Written by Geronimo1967 on 2023-02-26

British forces in the Mediterranean are being constantly harried by Luftwaffe aircraft based on Rhodes. It falls to Dirk Bogarde ("Lt. Graham") to lead a small squad of British and Greek fighters whos...

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