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Operation Amsterdam is a 1959 black and white British action film, directed by Michael McCarthy, and featuring Peter Finch, Eva Bartok and Tony Britton. It is based on a true story as described in the book Adventure in Diamonds, by David E. Walker.
Operation Amsterdam: Directed by Michael McCarthy. With Peter Finch, Eva Bartok, Tony Britton, Alexander Knox. When Germany invades Holland in 1940, a British intelligence officer and two Dutch diamond merchants go to Amsterdam to persuade the Dutch diamond merchants to evacuate their diamond supplies to England.
- (861)
- Drama, History, War
- Michael McCarthy
- 1959-02-27
Jan 13, 2016 · This dramatic tale in Operation Amsterdam – made all the better by the knowledge that it is based on real events – follows two Dutchmen and a British spy as they try to stop Holland’s store of industrial diamonds from falling into the hands of the Nazis in 1940.
A British major (Tony Britton), two Dutchmen and a girl (Eva Bartok) get a fortune in diamonds past Nazis and out of 1940 Holland.
- (5)
- Michael Mccarthy
- Adventure
- Peter Finch
When Germany invades Holland in 1940, a British intelligence officer and two Dutch diamond merchants go to Amsterdam to persuade the Dutch diamond merchants to evacuate their diamond supplies to England.
Adventure story based on a real operation - as the Nazis sweep across the Netherlands the British launch an operation to retrieve the diamond stocks of the Amsterdam traders (mostly Jewish). But Germans wearing Dutch uniforms are employed on the same mission, leading to running battles through the streets as they try and persuade the merchants ...
Nov 16, 2022 · When Germany invades Holland in 1940, a British intelligence officer and two Dutch diamond merchants go to Amsterdam to persuade the Dutch diamond merchants to evacuate their diamond supplies to...
- 101 min
- 1058
- Classic British War Movies
