They Who Dare

For the BBC television series, see They Who Dare (TV series).

They Who Dare
Film poster
Directed byLewis Milestone
Written byRobert Westerby
Produced byAubrey Baring
Maxwell Setton
StarringDirk Bogarde
Denholm Elliott
Akim Tamiroff
CinematographyWilkie Cooper
Edited byVladimir Sagovsky
Music byRobert Gill
Production
company
Distributed byBritish Lion Films
Release date
  • 2 February 1954 (1954-02-02)
Running time
107 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Box office£132,074 (UK)[1]

They Who Dare is a 1954 British Second World War war film directed by Lewis Milestone and starring Dirk Bogarde, Denholm Elliott and Akim Tamiroff.[2] It was released by British Lion Films and in the United States by Allied Artists. The story is based on Operation Anglo that took place during World War II in the Dodecanese islands where special forces attempted to disrupt the Luftwaffe and Regia Aeronautica from threatening Allied forces in Egypt.[3] The title of the film is a reference to the motto of the Special Air Service: "Who Dares Wins".

  1. ^ Porter, Vincent. "The Robert Clark Account". Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol. 20, No 4, 2000, p. 501.
  2. ^ "They Who Dare". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Obituaries: Commander Michael St John." The Telegraph, 22 March 2009. Retrieved: 2 July 2011.