Breakout (1959)
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Set in an Italian P.O.W. camp during World War II, this conventional escape drama shines the most in the portrayals of the various prisoners. Richard Todd is Lt. Col. David Baird, intensely and single-mindedly set on escaping. Bernard Lee is Lt. Col. Huxley who is the careful senior British officer with a view of the entire situation. Michael Wilding plays the deceptively dashing Major Charles Marquand, and some comic relief is provided by Dennis Price, an actor-prisoner more devoted to his production of Hamlet than leaving before the curtain goes up. The hitch in the plans to escape is insidious -- there is a traitor among the prisoners and before they can succeed, they have to find him. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Starring:
- Richard Todd, Bernard Lee, (more)
- Director(s):
- Don Chaffey, Peter Graham Scott, (more)
Synopsis of Breakout
Set in an Italian P.O.W. camp during World War II, this conventional escape drama shines the most in the portrayals of the various prisoners. Richard Todd is Lt. Col. David Baird, intensely and single-mindedly set on escaping. Bernard Lee is Lt. Col. Huxley who is the careful senior British officer with a view of the entire situation. Michael Wilding plays the deceptively dashing Major Charles Marquand, and some comic relief is provided by Dennis Price, an actor-prisoner more devoted to his production of Hamlet than leaving before the curtain goes up. The hitch in the plans to escape is insidious -- there is a traitor among the prisoners and before they can succeed, they have to find him. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
Complete Cast of Breakout
- Richard Todd - Lt. Col. David Baird
- Michael Wilding, Sr. - Maj. Charles Marquand
- Dennis Price - Capt. Rupert Callender
- William Franklyn - Capt. Tony Long
- Peter Arne - Capitano Benucci
- Lee Patterson
- Billie Whitelaw
- Michael Caine
- Bernard Lee - Lt. Col Huxley
- Richard Attenborough - Capt. Bunter Phillips
- Donald Houston - Capt. Roger Byford
- Vincent Ball - Capt. Pat Foster
- Terry Alexander
- John Paul
- Ronnie Stevens
- Hazel Court
- Director(s):
- Don Chaffey, Peter Graham Scott
- Writer(s):
- Bryan Forbes, Michael A. Gilbert, Frank Harvey Jr.
- Producer(s):
- Colin Lesslie
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