
Charged with high voltage excitement !
True story of three British POWs and their attempt to escape from Nazi Germany
6.8
27 reviewsRuntime: 101 min.
Budget: N/A
Revenue: N/A
Release Date: 1950-10-16
Director(s): Jack Lee
Production: Wessex Film Productions, London Films Productions, British Lion Films
Languages: English
IMDB: tt0043147
A great gathering of British acting talent - Leo Genn, Anthony Steel, David Tomlinson, Stanley Baxter (and his doppelgänger) et al - in this gentle yarn about ingenuity. They want to escape from a POW camp but their tunnels keep getting discovered. Rightio, they declare; let's multi-task. We can get fit and at the same time start our escape tunnel from underneath the pommel horse which we can move to right beside the fence - ergo, a lot less tunnelling and freedom will soon beckon. It's a gem of a film with just enough tension to keep it interesting and just enough humour to keep it entertaining. Really is worth a look.