Top billed cast

1. 

   Barry K. Barnes

   Hamilton

2. 

   Sophie Stewart

   Sarah

3. 

   Jack Hawkins

   Beck

4. 

   Charles Eaton

   Royde

5. 

   Frank Birch

   Grover

6. 

   Andrew Osborn

   Stevens

7. 

   Roy Findlay

   Williams

8. 

   Alastair MacIntyre

   Mackenzie

9. 

   Meinhart Maur

   Commandant

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2023-11-03

I think maybe Maurice Elvey could be accused here of trying to merge too many storylines into what could have been quite an efficient little great escape caper. Set during the Great War, we find "Hamilton" (an adequate Barry K. Barnes) swapping the delights of life in the sodden and perilous trenches for one in a POW camp where, together with loads of his compatriots, they focus on trying to escape. They find loads of innovative ways of not just digging a tunnel but of covering their tracks whilst under the slightly over-egged supervision of Meinhart Maur's camp commandant. Meantime, we discov...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• world war i
• prisoner of war