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Audiences rate it 23 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
When 5 allied generals are captured in Italy in WWII, it is a propaganda nightmare for the allies. The generals are all 1 star and refuse to take orders from each other in order to plan an escape. Harry Frigg is a private who has escaped from the guard house dozens of times. He is promoted to Major General and ordered to get the generals out once he is captured. Harry is willing to escape, but then he meets the countess...
Ratings
IMDb6.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes40%
Audiences rate it 23 points higher than critics do.
43 audience votes
Key crew
- Jack SmightDirector
- Frank TarloffWriter
- Peter StoneWriter
- Carlo RustichelliOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Paul NewmanPvt. Harry Frigg
- Sylva KoscinaCountess Francesca De Montefiore
- Andrew DugganGen. Newton Armstrong
- Tom BosleyGen. Roscoe Pennypacker
- John WilliamsGen. Francis Mayhew
- Charles GrayGen. Adrian Cox-Roberts
- Vito ScottiCol. Enrico Ferrucci
- Jacques RouxGen. Andre Rochambeau
- Werner PetersMaj. von Steignitz
- James GregoryGen. Homer Prentiss
- Fabrizio MioniLt. Rossano
- Johnny HaymerSgt. Pozzallo