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Staring down a sheer precipice into a deep abyss with your head spinning, every fibre in your body tries to resist the edge. Meet the men and women who don't. Overcoming their fears, they step off into thin air and fly like birds, hurtling at impossible speeds and gliding across beautiful rolling landscapes. A startling, adrenaline-filled insight into the revolutionary new sport that brings ...
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 the Colditz Cock. The film appeared on the ABC ...
Released September 18th, 1971, 'The Birdmen' stars Doug McClure, René Auberjonois, Richard Basehart, Chuck Connors The movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 14 min, and received a user score of 75 ...
Released , 'Birdmen The Original Dream of Human Flight' stars The movie has a runtime of about 52 min, and received a user score of 92 (out of 100) on TMDb, which put together reviews from 3 ...
Right from the git-go I just couldn't accept Richard Basehart as the German Commanding Oficer of the Colditz Castle prison. Sometimes he speaks English, sometimes he speaks German, which is distracting, and Basehart played more like a camp counselor that a prison warden.
A U.S. major (Doug McClure) and his Allied buddies build a glider to escape from a Nazi's (Richard Basehart) castle prison.
Meet the mad men and women who don't. Overcoming their fears, they step off into thin air and fly like birds, gliding low across beautiful landscapes. A startling, adrenaline-filled insight into the revolutionary new sport that brings the dream of human flight alive.
