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Sep 18, 1971 · Edit page. The Birdmen: Directed by Philip Leacock. With Doug McClure, Rene Auberjonois, Richard Basehart, Max Baer Jr.. During World War II, American soldier Harry Cook is sent to Norway to aid in the defection of a scientist working on the atomic bomb for the Germans.
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A 1979 KPNX NBC Channel 12 Phoenix, Mesa Arizona broadcast of the 1971 film Escape of the Birdmen. This film takes place in the year 1943 during the second world war. The film leads up to...
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Jul 26, 2011 · Colditz: Escape of the Birdmen. René Auberjonois (Actor), Max Baer, Jr. (Actor), Philip Leacock (Director) Rated: NR. Format: DVD. 4.5 205 ratings. DVD. from $3.94. Multi-Format. from $71.50. Additional DVD options. Edition. Discs. Price. New from. Used from. DVD. March 1, 2016. — 1. $11.12. $5.93. $2.49. DVD. July 26, 2011. — 1. — $15.00. $3.94.
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Passable warlike movie with a memorable escape and outstanding acting by well-known TV faces .This is an acceptable film set in Germany 1943 about a daring breakout from inescapable Nazi concentration camp in a high alpine castle ,with all-Television-star-cast and professionally realized .
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The actors are all solid journeymen, familiar to any American TV watcher of the period. Along with those mentioned above, Max Baer Jr. of the Western series Bonanza also has a supporting role. Despite its TV roots, a fair bit of change was spent on convincing locations and exteriors. The film doesn’t feel TV cheap.
This film is the least historically accurate of any of the Colditz flicks, with the possible exception of the yet unscreened Blackadder outing. The locations and sets are right, generally; exteriors of actual Colditz are used. The glider looks only a little like the surviving photographs of the actual Colditz glider (which, sadly, was left in the a...
It’s an hour and a quarter of jailhouse resistance and escape planning. If you expect to have a little fun it might be for you. If you’re expecting an accurate depiction of Oflag IVc or any of the real-world escapes, you’ve got the wrong DVD here.
A small bonus for you: here’s a couple of PBS Nova links: 1. The glider, which was called the Colditz Cock. 2. The successful escapes (and some unsuccessful ones). Some of these are staggering in their ingenuity. Unfortunately the 2001 NOVA episode on Colditz escapes does not appear to be online in full-episode format, at least not on PBS’s website...
Release Date. 1971. Technical Specs. Duration. 1h 30m. TCM Emails. Sign Up. A group of allied POWs held by the Germans plot an unusual breakout from an impregnable medieval castle. They plan to escape by glider and soar into Switzerland. Subsequently titled: "Escape of the Birdmen."
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