Albert R.N.

1953

WarHistory

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.

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

Rating

7.2
10 votes

Popularity

0.7662

Origin & Countries

USGB | en | United Kingdom

Production

Angel Productions

Runtime

88 min.

Status

Released

Release: 11/23/1953

Credits

Albert R.N.

Lewis GilbertDirector

Albert R.N.

Anthony SteelLt Geoffrey Ainsworth

Albert R.N.

Jack WarnerCapt Maddox

Albert R.N.

Robert BeattyLt Jim Reed

Albert R.N.

Anton DiffringCapt Schultz

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Reviews

CinemaSerf

11/14/2022

7 / 10

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.

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