Doug McClure
Major Harry Cook
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Sep 18, 1971 · 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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- Philip Leacock
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 ...
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75. NR 1 hr 14 min Sep 18th, 1971 Drama, War, TV Movie, History. During WWII an American soldier sent to Norway to help with the escape of a scientist working on the atomic bomb for the...
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- Doug Mcclure
- Philip Leacock
- Universal Television, Silverton Productions
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 .
In this fictional tale, Doug McClure plays a U.S. operative who must sneak a nuclear physicist (Rene Auberjonois) out of Germany right under the Nazis' noses. It's a fictionalized supposal of a real-life escape plan that involved the construction of a glider to escape into the Swiss Alps from Colditz Castle, which was being used as a POW camp.
Max Baer Jr. Cast. David Kidd Screenplay. Critics reviews. A 1971 English language drama/history/war film directed by Philip Leacock, starring Doug McClure, Rene Auberjonois and Richard Basehart.
