Daniel Thatcher is an American sergeant serving with a British tank corps in North Africa. He and most of his unit are captured by the Germans, who learn his identity as a man who once tried to assassinate Josef Goebbels, Hitler's right-hand man. Thatcher's wife was killed in the concentration camps, and now, after his failed attempt to kill the Nazi leader, Thatcher is a real prize for his captors. But Thatcher prefers not to go back to Germany as a prize, so he leads his fellow tankers in an escape attempt. -JB

Director:Terence Young
Writers:Richard Maibaum
Merle Miller (story)

Cast (in credits order) verified as complete
Victor Mature ... Sgt. David H. Thatcher
Leo Genn ... Sgt. Kendall
Bonar Colleano ... The Polish POW [Walewski?]
Anthony Newley ... Pvt. 'Tiger' Noakes
Alfred Burke ... Capt. Ritter
Richard Marner ... German colonel
Martin Boddey ... SS colonel
Percy Herbert ... 1st English soldier
Kenneth Cope ... 2nd English soldier
David Lodge ... Maj. Fred Patterson, Australian POW
Sean Kelly ... Bartlett
Kenneth Fortescue ... Cpl. Johnson
Maxwell Shaw ... The Sheikh
George Coulouris ... Italian POW camp commandant
Luciana Paluzzi ... Carola (manager of The Lido)
Robert Rietty ... Alberto (Carola's suitor)
Bob Simmons ... Mustapha (the sheik's lieutenant)
Ernst Walder ... German corporal
Peter Elliott ... Italian officer
George Pravda ... German sergeant
Julian Sherrier ... 2nd Italian officer
Robert Bruce ... Italian driver
Alan Tilvern ... Silverio
Anne Aubrey ... Italian girl
Andreas Malandrinos ... Italian cook

Runtime:86 min
Country:UK
Language:English
Color:Color (Technicolor)
Sound Mix:Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:UK:U / Finland:K-16 / Sweden:15 / West Germany:12
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