During the First World War, a number of captured British officers attempt to escape a prisoner-of-war camp.

Barry K. Barnes
as Hamilton

Sophie Stewart
as Sarah

Jack Hawkins
as Beck

Charles Eaton
as Royde

Frank Birch
as Grover

Andrew Osborn
as Stevens

Roy Findlay
as Williams

Alastair MacIntyre
as Mackenzie

Meinhart Maur
as Commandant

Viola Compton
as
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I think maybe Maurice Elvey could be accused here of trying to merge too many storylines into what could have been quite an efficient little great escape caper. Set during the Great War, we find "Hamilton" (an adequate Barry K. Barnes) swapping the delights of life in the sodden and perilous trenche...