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A 1968 comedy war film starring Paul Newman as a double agent who tries to help Allied prisoners escape from a Nazi camp. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more.
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The Secret War of Harry Frigg is a 1968 American comedy war film set in World War II. It was directed by Jack Smight and stars Paul Newman.
- $3,500,000 (US/ Canada)
- Hal E. Chester
A film about a private who escapes from the guard house and becomes a major general in charge of 5 allied generals who are captured in Italy in WW II. The film is a comedy that satirizes the Allied propaganda and the war situation in Italy.
- Jack Smight, Terence Nelson
- Paul Newman
The Secret War of Harry Frigg. The Army sends a wise-guy private (Paul Newman) to free five Allied generals from an Italian countess's (Sylva Koscina) villa.
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- Paul Newman
- Jack Smight
- Universal Pictures
For both Newman and Smight, "Harry Frigg" is a disaster, a step off the deep end, a departure from their recent level of work. Newman plays a troublemaking buck private who gets one of those typical movie missions: Break into a plush prison camp and persuade five high-living generals to escape.
1968. 1 hr 50 mins. Comedy. NR. Watchlist. Paul Newman as an escape artist on a mission improbable in occupied Italy. Countess: Sylva Koscina. Armstrong: Andrew Duggan. Pennypacker: Tom Bosley....
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