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Genres:
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Action /
Adventure /
War
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Director:
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Mark Robson
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Actors:
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James Brolin,
Brad Dexter,
Sergio Fantoni,
John Van Dreelen,
Raffaella Carrà,
John Leyton,
Frank Sinatra,
Trevor Howard,
Edward Mulhare,
Wolfgang Preiss
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Duration:
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117 min.
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Rating:
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(7.1/10)32
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Plot Summary:
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Ryan, an American POW, leads his fellow prisoners on a hazardous escape from the Germans in Italy. Having on the face of it made errors of outcome, Ryan has to carry the day the abide of the mainly British soldiers he is commanding.
August, 1943. Colonel Joseph Ryan of the US Army Air Forces is stab down in Italy and taken to a prison party populated sooner than the Royal Army's 9th Fusiliers and discharge by sadistic commandant Battaglia. With the recent storm of their commanding colonel, the 9th Fusiliers under Major Eric Fincham forced to now answer to the new postpositive major officer of... the prisoners, Ryan. Also in the camp are several American prisoners who don't cotton to Major Fincham's stubborn passive resistance to Battaglia, passive resistance that has led to denial of clean clothes, soap, running spray, and decent food. When two of the Americans are "arrested" by Fincham for frustrating to imitate medicines being horded for escape attempts, Ryan points out the diverse tunnels being built by Fincham's men to Battaglia in securities exchange repayment for necessities, but is doubled-crossed through Battaglia. Ryan then fights wager with an impudent order, which embarasses Battaglia and sends Ryan to a sweatbox to go west. But Italy surrenders a two days later and Battaglia is taken prisoner and put to trial in which he will be executed, cool granted with Italy loophole of the strive he is now a civilian. Ryan disbands the side and has Battaglia placed in the sweatbox, but a German overflight forces the battalion to beat it benefit of sanctuary. After a day-night pace, the escaped prisoners and trapped by German forces and herded onto a exercise, but not before their betrayer can stand and gloat at his victory, and earn Ryan seemingly permanent hatred through the British soldiers. Ryan, however, is not finished, and orchestrates an unprejudiced more daring drain, seizing the train. But with German forces all around, and after escaping a bombing incursion at near British Lancasters, they must tool along the Baby-talk choo-choo farther north to outflow the Germans and try for the on the contrary okay haven to be found.Read more Less
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