Top billed cast

1. 

   Anthony Steel

   Lt Geoffrey Ainsworth

2. 

   Jack Warner

   Capt Maddox

3. 

   Robert Beatty

   Lt Jim Reed

4. 

   Anton Diffring

   Capt Schultz

5. 

   William Sylvester

   Texas

6. 

   Eddie Byrne

   Joe

7. 

   Guy Middleton

   Bongo

8. 

   Paul Carpenter

   Fred

9. 

   Michael Balfour

   Hank

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-11-14

Lewis 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 one - and battle commences. The allies have a secret weapon - well, two actually. One is "Ainsworth" (Anthony Steel) who invents the other - "Albert" - a head made of papier-mâché that fits onto a collapsible torso built to fool the guards during their routine inspections. After a few mishaps, a bit of bribery, betrayal and some impatience, it f...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• escape
• prisoner of war
• based on true story
• dummy
• prison camp