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.
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- Status
- Released
- Production
- Angel Productions
Keywords
- escape
- prisoner of war
- based on true story
- dummy
- prison camp
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Top Cast
Anthony Steel as Lt Geoffrey Ainsworth
Jack Warner as Capt Maddox
Robert Beatty as Lt Jim Reed
Anton Diffring as Capt Schultz
William Sylvester as Texas
Eddie Byrne as Joe
Guy Middleton as Bongo
Paul Carpenter as Fred
Top Crew
Lewis Gilbert · Director
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