Albert R.N.

Watch: Albert R.N.

6/1/19551h 28m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ The War's Most Daring P.O.W. Escape ~

Overview:

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.

Director:

Lewis Gilbert

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

escape
prisoner of war
based on true story
dummy
prison camp

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

Michael Balfour

~ as ~

Hank

Moultrie Kelsall

~ as ~

Henry

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Reviews (1)

CinemaSerf
Written 3 year(s) ago
7
Lewis Gilbert has put together quite a good cast for this light-hearted wartime tale of POWs who find quite an innovative way of escaping and goon-baiting at the same time. Jack Warner ("Maddox") heads up the Allied side while Frederick Valk the Nazi one - and battle commences. The allies have a secret weapon - well, two actually. One is "Ainsworth" (Anthony Steel) who invents the other - "Albert" - a head made of papier-mâché that fits onto a collapsible torso built to fool the guards during their routine inspections. After a few mishaps, a bit of bribery, betrayal and some impatience, it finally falls to "Ainsworth" to try and escape... This has a strong cast - including Anton Diffring and Robert Beatty, and is written with serious intent but enough dark humour to flow well for 90 minutes, and I really quite enjoyed it.