The read
It runs a compact 1h 9m.
Synopsis
While waiting out World War I in a German POW camp, Captain Fred Allison discovers that his oldest and dearest friend Digby has also been captured and put into the same camp with him. Fred longs for news of his wife, Monica, but Digby speaks little of her. Digby knows a secret about Monica, a secret he must keep from his friend, and it wears at his conscience so much that he attempts a reckless escape.
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
11 audience votes
Key crew
- Roy Del RuthDirector
- Edward ChodorovScreenplay
Cast
- Leslie HowardCaptain Fred Allison
- Douglas Fairbanks Jr.Lieutenant Fred Digby
- Paul LukasColonel Carl Ehrlich
- Margaret LindsayMonica Allison
- Robert BarratThe Commandant
- Arthur HohlCocky
- John BleiferStrogin
- William LeMaireTex Martin
- J. Carrol NaishCpl. Guarand
- Philip FavershamLieutenant Haversham
- Frank ReicherHerr Hauptman
- Joyce CoadElsa
Stills
Themes
love triangleworld war iprisoner of warpre-codepow escapeescape planfriends love same womanprisoner of war campin love with best friend's girlnoble sacrifice