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Summary
A German U-Boat commander plans a daring escape from a PoW camp in Scotland.
Good for
- Friends night
- Teens
- Thought-provoking
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 60GoodWatch 60
Running time
1 h 48 min
A typical length for action movies
typical 108108Half of all action movies run 96–127 min.
Reach
Streams in 129 countries, rent or buy in 5 more
+119
Released
1970
October 28, 1970
56 years ago
Genres
ActionWarDramaLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
Ireland
United Kingdom
Rated
- PGUnited States
Not for young kids: it's rated PG in the United States for violence, and the viewing guide lists it for teens and adults.
What's in it
- ViolenceStrong
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesStrong
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightPartner WatchSolo WatchTeensThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
17 people
Brian KeithCaptain Jack Connor
Helmut GriemKapitänleutnant Willi Schlueter
Ian HendryMajor Perry
Jack WatsonGeneral Kerr
Horst JansonLeutnant Neuchl
Patrick O'ConnellSergeant Major Cox- AAAlexander AllersonLeutnant Wolff
John AbineriHauptmann Kranz
Constantine GregoryLieutenant Hall
Tom KempinskiLeutnant Schmidt
Eric AllanLeutnant Hochbauer
Caroline MortimerA.T.S. Sergeant Bell
Mary LarkinCorporal Jean Watt
Gregg PalmerLeutnant Berger
Michael SheardIngenieur-Offizier Unger
David KellyAdjutant
Noel PurcellFerry Captain
Directing · 1
- Lamont Johnson Director
Writing · 2
- William W. Norton Screenplay
- Sidney Shelley Novel
Production · 2
- Arthur Gardner Producer
- Jules V. Levy Producer
Camera · 2
- Michael Reed Director of Photography
- John Shinerock Camera Operator
Editing · 1
- Tom Rolf Editor
Sound · 1
- Riz Ortolani Music
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