Summary
True story of three British POWs and their attempt to escape from Nazi Germany
Where to watch
Cast
18 of 18
Leo GennPeter Howard
David TomlinsonPhil
Anthony SteelJohn Clinton
David GreeneNick Bennett
Peter BurtonNigel
Patrick WaddingtonGroup Capt. Wardley
Michael GoodliffeRobbie
Anthony DawsonPomfret
Bryan ForbesPaul
Peter FinchAustralian in Hospital
Dan CunninghamDavid
Russell Waters'Wings' Cameron
Franz SchafheitlinCamp Commandant
Lis LøwertKamma
Jacques BruniusAndré
Walter GotellFrançois - The Follower
George HilsdonGerman Sentry (uncredited)
Bill TraversPrisoner (uncredited)
Crew
- Directed by
- Jack Lee
- Written by
- Eric Williams
- Music by
- Clifton Parker
Everyone
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Facts
October 16, 1950 · 1 h 41 min · War, Drama
- Released
- October 16, 1950
- Runtime
- 1 h 41 min
- Genres
- War, Drama
- Original language
- English
- Made in
- United Kingdom
- Available in
- 3 countries
- Keywords
- based on true story

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