Starring Dirk Bogarde
with Denholm Elliott, Akim Tamiroff

During World War II a small raiding force of the Special Boat Service, under the command of Lieut Graham, is detailed to make a landing on the Nazi-occupied island of Rhodes. Their mission: the destruction of two airfields from which bombers are destroying Allied lines of communication in Africa. From the start, the party - six Britons and four Greeks - faces overwhelming odds and Graham begins to consider abandoning the whole hazardous venture.

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