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- Some prisoners pin their hopes for freedom on a homemade aircraft in this made-for-television thriller. Based on a true World War Two story, Doug McClure stars as Harry Cook, an Allied soldier who tries to escape a Nazi prison camp with a scientist in tow, using a glider built by their fellow inmates.
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The Birdmen, also known as Escape of the Birdmen and Colditz: Escape of the Birdmen, is a 1971 television film directed by Philip Leacock and starring Doug McClure and René Auberjonois. It was a fictionalized account based on a proposed scheme for prisoners of war to escape from Colditz Castle by a clandestinely constructed glider christened ...
Escape of the Birdmen (1971) Movie Info Synopsis A U.S. major (Doug McClure) and his Allied buddies build a glider to escape from a Nazi's (Richard Basehart) castle prison.
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Synopsis by Bernadette McCallion. Some prisoners pin their hopes for freedom on a homemade aircraft in this made-for-television thriller. Based on a true World War Two story, Doug McClure stars as Harry Cook, an Allied soldier who tries to escape a Nazi prison camp with a scientist in tow, using a glider built by their fellow inmates.
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Sep 18, 1971 · 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. Before they can escape Europe, they are captured and sent to a POW prison camp in a high alpine castle on the German-Swiss border.
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Before they can escape Europe, they are captured and sent to a POW prison camp in a high alpine castle on the German-Swiss border. Rating: 6.8/10. Director: Philip Leacock. Starring: Doug McClure, Rene Auberjonois, Richard Basehart. Genre: Drama, History, War. Production Year: 1971.
Jul 26, 2011 · Product Description. *Based on a true WWII story, this made-for-television thriller was NBC Movie of the week in 1971 *Stars Chuck Connors, Doug McClure, Richard Basehart & Rene Auberjonois.
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Before they can escape Europe, they are captured and sent to a POW prison camp on the German-Swiss border. Cook must find a way to escape with the scientific before the camp commander Schiller (Richard Basehart) and the Gestapo find out the Norwegian's true identity.
