
Squadron Leader Quint Munroe, an RAF pilot in World War II, has a hard time dealing with the presumed death in action of fellow Sq. Leader David 'Scotty' Scott, whose family practically raised him when he was orphaned, so they were like brothers. RAF Air Commodore Hufford has a crucial task for Quint, who is no longer serving in the squadron: a reconnaissance flight over the château de Charlon, a castle in occupied France, where the Nazis are probably developing a new genera... (Full plot summary below)
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Squadron Leader Quint Munroe, an RAF pilot in World War II, has a hard time dealing with the presumed death in action of fellow Sq. Leader David 'Scotty' Scott, whose family practically raised him when he was orphaned, so they were like brothers. RAF Air Commodore Hufford has a crucial task for Quint, who is no longer serving in the squadron: a reconnaissance flight over the château de Charlon, a castle in occupied France, where the Nazis are probably developing a new generation of flying bombs; the defenses are indeed suspiciously tight. When analyzed, the photos show the castle grounds harbor an underground launching tunnel, and Quint gets a nearly impossible precision top-secret mission: select and train a team in only 10 days, when the French underground believes the first launch is planned, to 'aim' a new type of bouncing bomb into the tunnel, to blow up the whole Luftwaffe installation. Quint falls in love with Scotty's young widow Beth Scott, whose crippled brother, Flight Lieutenant Douglas Shelton, is on his team. After the Gestapo catches and tortures a French underground member, the Luftwaffe drops a film showing the castle being filled with captured RAF men, one of which is, to Quint and Doug's shock, Scotty, not dead after all, causing a dilemma for which Quint presents an even more daring solution, to be prepared in a few days...
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| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzA conventional stiff upper-lip Brit World War II flyboy low-budget drama. |
| User ReviewHelena MAs allied forces struggle against the awesome might of the German Luftwaffe, an even greater threat is posed by the destructive V3 rocket nearing completion at a secret testing center. The Royal Air Force's Mosquito Squadron gears up to destroy the site, but its leader, Quint Monroe, becomes conflicted when he discovers that the air strike may kill hundreds of British POWs - including the squad's former commander. stars David McCallum, Charles Gray, Susan Neve, David Buck, Michael Anthony, David Dundas, Gordon Sterne, Dinsdale Landen and George Layton. directed by Boris Sagal. |
| User ReviewTracey cIt is about a fictional Second World War 'bouncing bomb' raid by Royal Air Force de Havilland Mosquito fighter-bomber aircraft on a chateau in France. The target is an underground tunnel in the grounds of the chateau where flying bombs are being constructed. David McCallum stars as Squadron Leader Quint Munroe and as well as leading the mission he comforts the wife of his friend who is missing in action. To add to the dramatic tension Munroe and his men learn that allied prisoners are also held in the chateau. |
| User Reviewhorse cGood Story and Cinematography, But the Acting Was a Bit 2nd Hand |
| User ReviewGavin OFairly entertaining movie about WWII bombers squadron. |
| User ReviewJames HDecent World War II story, what it lacks in period detail, it makes up in good cinematography and special effects. It has some fine aerial photography. The story is strictly routine but it's still of interest. |
| User ReviewPrivate UBasically a rehash of 633 squadron (they even use the same footage of the navigator being pulled from the burning Mosquito), Mosquito Squadron is a fairly decent 70s war movie that has enough action to keep you interested. It's not going to give you an insight into the real life experinces of mosquito pilots but it's still a decent enough Sunday afternoon watch. |
| User ReviewStewart MThe wooden wonder (The Mosquito) strutting its stuff - Herman Goering once said about the Mozzy ""In 1940 I could at least fly as far as Glasgow in most of my aircraft, but not now! It makes me furious when I see the Mosquito. I turn green and yellow with envy. The British, who can afford aluminium better than we can, knock together a beautiful wooden aircraft that every piano factory over there is building, and they give it a speed which they have now increased yet again. What do you make of that? There is nothing the British do not have. They have the geniuses and we have the nincompoops. After the war's over I'm going to buy a British radio set - then at least I'll own something that has always worked." - I think this film probably stands testament to that |
| User ReviewShaney LI remember watching this as a child not long after watching 633 Squadron. And if you've seen that classic, you may as well not watch this. The story itself isn't that bad, but McCallum and Neve act out the script so badly and with so little emotion or chemistry that it's tough to feel any kind of sympathy or compassion for them in a complex situation. All that said, as an action movie there are tons of war films far far worse than this. Now, who's for a 21st century remake? :-) |
| User ReviewVan RExcellent fighter pilot movie similar to Battle of Britain - except with more depth to the characters rather than an overview of the war in the air. |