During World War II, members of a British tank unit in northern Africa are captured and held prisoners by Germans.

Victor Mature
as Sgt. David Thatcher

Leo Genn
as Sgt. Kendall

Bonar Colleano
as The Pole

Anthony Newley
as Private "Tiger" Noakes

Alfred Burke
as Capt. Ritter

Luciana Paluzzi
as Carola

George Coulouris
as Italian POW camp commandant

Sean Kelly
as Bartlett

Kenneth Fortescue
as Cpl. Johnson

David Lodge
as Patterson