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Albert R.N.

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

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.

Release Date : 1953-11-23

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Angel Productions

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles : Break to FreedomThe Spare Man

Cast

Anthony Steel

Character Name : Lt Geoffrey Ainsworth

Original Name : Anthony Steel

Gender : Male

Jack Warner

Character Name : Capt Maddox

Original Name : Jack Warner

Gender : Male

Robert Beatty

Character Name : Lt Jim Reed

Original Name : Robert Beatty

Gender : Male

Anton Diffring

Character Name : Capt Schultz

Original Name : Anton Diffring

Gender : Male

William Sylvester

Character Name : Texas

Original Name : William Sylvester

Gender : Male

Eddie Byrne

Character Name : Joe

Original Name : Eddie Byrne

Gender : Male

Guy Middleton

Character Name : Bongo

Original Name : Guy Middleton

Gender : Male

Paul Carpenter

Character Name : Fred

Original Name : Paul Carpenter

Gender : Male

Michael Balfour

Character Name : Hank

Original Name : Michael Balfour

Gender : Male

Moultrie Kelsall

Character Name : Henry

Original Name : Moultrie Kelsall

Gender : Male

Frederick Valk

Character Name : Camp Kommandant

Original Name : Frederick Valk

Gender : Male

Frederick Schiller

Character Name : Herman

Original Name : Frederick Schiller

Gender : Male

Peter Jones

Character Name : Schoolie

Original Name : Peter Jones

Gender : Male

Geoffrey Hibbert

Character Name : Cutter

Original Name : Geoffrey Hibbert

Gender : Male

Walter Gotell

Character Name : Feldwebel

Original Name : Walter Gotell

Gender : Male

Peter Swanwick

Character Name : Obergefreiter

Original Name : Peter Swanwick

Gender : Male

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-11-14

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.