BATTLE OF THE V-1 is a dull British WW2 movie about a group of Polish resistance fighters who embark on a daring mission to blow up the Nazi base responsible for building the V-1 bomb. Although it sounds like a lot of fun from the premise, this is almost entirely lacking in action and budget and the suspense only really gets going in the last half hour.
Up until that point we're stuck with a wooden Michael Rennie (THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL) as one of the most uninteresting American imported stars and a lot of talking and wandering about in the dark. There's some minor fun to be had with a blink-and-you'll-miss-him Christopher Lee cameo as a Nazi and the familiar faces of George Pastell and others, alongside Patricia Medina's alluring female lead.
However, the lack of budget really kills this one and it didn't help that I watched a dodgy colourised print that looks false throughout. Director Vernon Sewell ended his career making the B-movie delights of CURSE OF THE CRIMSON ALTAR and THE BLOOD BEAST TERROR which were a lot more fun than this insipid potboiler.
Up until that point we're stuck with a wooden Michael Rennie (THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL) as one of the most uninteresting American imported stars and a lot of talking and wandering about in the dark. There's some minor fun to be had with a blink-and-you'll-miss-him Christopher Lee cameo as a Nazi and the familiar faces of George Pastell and others, alongside Patricia Medina's alluring female lead.
However, the lack of budget really kills this one and it didn't help that I watched a dodgy colourised print that looks false throughout. Director Vernon Sewell ended his career making the B-movie delights of CURSE OF THE CRIMSON ALTAR and THE BLOOD BEAST TERROR which were a lot more fun than this insipid potboiler.