

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.
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- Language
- English
- escape
- prisoner of war
- based on true story
- dummy
- prison camp
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- TheatricalG1 Jun 1955
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- Theatrical23 Nov 1953
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Albert R.N. was released on 23 November 1953.
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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 pa…
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