Story Line
The British inmates of a POW camp think they have an informer among them after several escape attempts fail. One of the prisoners constructs a dummy which they christen "Albert" and use at roll call in order to foil the German guards.
“The War's Most Daring P.O.W. Escape”
Top Cast
Anthony Steel
Lt Geoffrey Ainsworth
Jack Warner
Capt Maddox
Robert Beatty
Lt Jim Reed
Anton Diffring
Capt Schultz
William Sylvester
Texas
Eddie Byrne
Joe
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Rating
7.3/ 10
Release Date
1953-11-23
Runtime
1h 28m
Genres
WarHistory
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7/10
•11/14/2022Lewis Gilbert has put together quite a good cast for this light-hearted wartime tale of POWs who find quite an innovative way of escaping and goon-baiting at the same time. Jack Warner ("Maddox") heads up the Allied side while Frederick Valk the Nazi...