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Against the Wind (1948)

Against the Wind poster
Directed by
Charles Crichton
Genre
spy film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 36m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 15 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A British film about a team of saboteurs operating in occupied Belgium during World War Two. It follows their dangerous missions and the personal costs of their resistance work.

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What happens

Against the Wind is a 1948 British war film directed by Charles Crichton and produced by Michael Balcon starring Robert Beatty, Jack Warner and Simone Signoret (in her first English-language film role). It is a sabotage/resistance drama set in occupied Belgium. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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