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Albert R.N. (1953)

G 11/23/1953 War, History 1h 28m
72%
User
Score
6.6/10

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

Overview

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.

Lewis Gilbert

Director

Top Billed Cast

Anthony Steel

Anthony Steel

Lt Geoffrey Ainsworth

Jack Warner

Jack Warner

Capt Maddox

Robert Beatty

Robert Beatty

Lt Jim Reed

Anton Diffring

Anton Diffring

Capt Schultz

William Sylvester

William Sylvester

Texas

Eddie Byrne

Eddie Byrne

Joe

Guy Middleton

Guy Middleton

Bongo

Paul Carpenter

Paul Carpenter

Fred

Michael Balfour

Michael Balfour

Hank

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Media

Albert R.N. (1953) - Trailer

Albert R.N. (1953) - Trailer

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written on November 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 minu...

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