Ill Met By Moonlight

1_John Cairney plays 'Elias'.jpg

2_'Elias', the Cretan student.jpg

3_'Elias' Portrait.jpg

4_John Cairney plays 'Elias'.jpg

5_'Elias' on hillside.jpg

6_'Elias' - John Cairney.jpg

7_'Elias' connects wires listening for cars.jpg

8_'Jan Vidal' (John Cairney).jpg

1_John Cairney plays 'Elias'.jpg

2_'Elias', the Cretan student.jpg

3_'Elias' Portrait.jpg

4_John Cairney plays 'Elias'.jpg

5_'Elias' on hillside.jpg

6_'Elias' - John Cairney.jpg

7_'Elias' connects wires listening for cars.jpg

8_'Jan Vidal' (John Cairney).jpg

Ill Met By Moonlight

John Cairney plays Elias. This wartime adventure film, 'Ill Met by Moonlight' (1956) was written, produced and directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. Dirk Bogarde starred with Marius Goring. A British unit enlisted the help of Cretans to kidnap a German Commander on the island of Herakleion to embarrass the Germans.