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Programme Information

Ingenious combination of prisoner-of-war escape film and whodunit, from the novel Death in Captivity by Michael Gilbert

Keywords:

War, Historical, Family, History, Based-on-Novel, World War, War Drama, Movie, Film, Movies, Films, WWII, WW2, World War 2

Additional Information:

(Black and white) (1958) (3 Star)

Cast:

Richard Todd	.... Lt. Col. David Baird
Bernard Lee	.... Lt. Col. Huxley
Michael Wilding	.... Maj. Charles Marquand
Richard Attenborough	.... Capt. Bunter Phillips
Dennis Price	.... Capt. Rupert Callander
Donald Houston	.... Capt. Roger Byford

Supporting Cast:

William Franklyn	.... Capt. Tony Long
Vincent Ball
Peter Arne	.... Capt. Benucci

Directors:

Don Chaffey

Writers:

Bryan Forbes
Michael Gilbert