Production Details
The famous silent movie actress Lilian Gish plays the pilot's mother. The film was based on an original story by Downes. He was an important OSS officer involved in numerous operations during the war, according to histories of the era. He became a writer after the war. The novel "Orders to Kill" by Downes was written after the film was shot.
The film won three BAFTA film awards and was entered into the 1958 Cannes Film Festival.
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