Night Ambush

Cast & Crew

Cast & Crew

Directed by

Michael Powell
Emeric Pressburger

Writing Credits

W. Stanley Moss
(adapted from the book: "Ill Met By Moonlight" The Wartime Diary in Crete of)
Michael Powell
(written by) and
Emeric Pressburger
(written by)

Cast

Dirk Bogarde
Major Patrick Leigh Fermor D.S.O. O.B.E. also known to the Cretans and the German Secret Police as PHILEDEM
Marius Goring
Major General Kreipe
David Oxley
Captain W. Stanley Moss, M.C.
Dimitri Andreas
Niko
Cyril Cusack
Sandy
Laurence Payne
Manoli
Wolfe Morris
George
Michael Gough
Andoni Zoidakis
John Cairney
Elias
Brian Worth
Stratis Saviolkis
Roland Bartrop
Micky Akoumianakis
George Eugeniou
Charis Zographakis
Paul Stassino
Yani Katsias
Adeeb Assaly
Zahari
Theo Moreas
Village Priest
Takis Frangofinos
Michali
Christopher Lee
German officer at dentist'
Peter Augustine
Dentist
John Houseman
Johnny Houseman
Phyllia Houseman
Michali's Sister
Gisela Birke
German Girl
Peter Brace
German soldier
E.V.H. Emmett
Narrator
Guido Lorraine
German Officer
Andreas Malandrinos
Greek
Howard Marion-Crawford
British Port Officer
Richard Marner
German Officer with Gen. Brauer
David McCallum
Sailor on Pick Up Ship
George Pravda
German Officer Talking to Niko
Christopher Rhodes
General Bräuer
Peter Swanwick
German Officer with Gen. Brauer

Produced by

Michael Powell
producer
Emeric Pressburger
producer
Earl St. John
executive producer
Sydney Streeter
associate producer

Music by

Mikis Theodorakis

Cinematography by

Christopher Challis
director of photography

Editing by

Arthur Stevens

Art Direction by

Alex Vetchinsky

Makeup Department

Paul Rabiger
makeup artist

Production Management

Jack Swinburne
production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Charles Orme
assistant director / first assistant director
Harold Orton
second assistant director (uncredited)
David Tringham
third assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

Lionel Couch
draughtsman (uncredited)
Bruce Grimes
draughtsman (uncredited)
Maurice Pelling
assistant art director (uncredited)
Harry Pottle
draughtsman (uncredited)

Sound Department

Charles Knott
sound recordist
Archie Ludski
sound editor
Gordon K. McCallum
sound recordist
Bill Daniels
dubbing crew (uncredited)
Ted Drake
music editor (uncredited)
C. Le Mesurier
dubbing crew (uncredited)
Martin McLean
sound camera operator (uncredited)
Ken Reynolds
assistant boom operator (uncredited)
Basil Rootes
boom operator (uncredited)

Special Effects by

Bill Warrington
special effects
Cliff Culley
special effects (uncredited)
Frank George
special effects (uncredited)
D. Hume
special effects (uncredited)
Bert Marshall
special effects (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

Austin Dempster
camera operator
Ronald Anscombe
clapper loader (uncredited)
Steve Claydon
focus puller (uncredited)
Harry Gillard
still photographer (uncredited)
Robert Tomatis
still photographer (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Nandi Routh
dress designer

Editorial Department

Noreen Ackland
assembly editor (uncredited)
Jack Gardner
first assistant editor (uncredited)
Alma Godfrey
first assistant editor (uncredited)
Norman Wanstall
second assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department

Frederic Lewis
music director

Script and Continuity Department

Gladys Goldsmith
continuity

Additional Crew

Micky Akoumianakis
technical adviser (as Micky Akoumianakis of Knossos Crete)
Arthur Alcott
production controller: Pinewood Studios
Xan Fielding
technical adviser (as Major Xan Fielding D.S.O.)
Jean Osborne
unit publicist (uncredited)
Jean Tisdall
production secretary (uncredited)
All Filters