Operation Daybreak Warner Bros. Pictures presents ; a Howard R. Schuster, Inc./American Allied Pictures feature ; screenplay by Ronald Harwood ; produced by Carter de Haven ; directed by Lewis Gilbert

The mission: Assassinate SS Obergruppenfuehrer Reinhard Heydrich, the diabolical murderer William L. Shirer called 'the genius of the Final Solution'. Witness furious Nazi reprisals, including the annihilation of Lidice. Marvel at the bold last stand of seven patriots. Know these seven were real people in a real time. Ordinary people by everyday standards. Heroes by every other measure.