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Malta Story is a British film of genre Drama directed by Brian Desmond Hurst with Alec Guinness
Malta Story (1953)
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Add to a movie listMalta Story is a 1953 British war film, directed by Brian Desmond Hurst, which is based on the heroic air defence of Malta during the Siege of Malta in the Second World War. The film uses real and unique footage of the locations at which the battles were fought and includes a love story between a RAF pilot and a Maltese girl, as well as the anticipated execution of her brother, caught as an Italian spy. The character of "Peter Ross" is apparently loosely based on that of Adrian Warburton.
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In 1942 Britain is trying hard to hold on to Malta while invasion seems imminent; Italians and Germans are regularly bombing the airfields and towns. The RAF fight to survive against the odds using the few fighter aircraft remaining on the island. Flight Lieutenant Peter Ross (Alec Guinness), an archaeologist in civilian life, is on his way to an RAF posting in Egypt but is stranded in Malta due to the air attacks. He is assigned to the RAF squadron there, being an experienced photo reconnaissance pilot.Actors
Alec Guinness
(Flight Lt. Peter Ross)
Jack Hawkins
(Air CO Frank)
Anthony Steel
(John Bartlett)
Muriel Pavlow
(Maria Gonzar)
Renée Asherson
(Joan Rivers)
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