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"
USGB | en | United Kingdom
Angel Productions
88 min.
Released
Release: 11/23/1953
Lewis GilbertDirector
Anthony SteelLt Geoffrey Ainsworth
Jack WarnerCapt Maddox
Robert BeattyLt Jim Reed
Anton DiffringCapt Schultz
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CinemaSerf
11/14/2022
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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