The Colditz Story (1955)
Allied prisoners of various nationalities pool their resources to plan numerous escapes from an "escape-proof" German P.O.W. camp housed in a Medieval castle.
Top billed cast
John MillsPat Reid
Eric PortmanColonel Richmond
Frederick ValkKommandant
Denis ShawPriem
Lionel JeffriesHarry Tyler
Christopher Rhodes'Mac' McGill
Richard WattisRichard Gordon
Ian CarmichaelRobin Cartwright
Bryan ForbesJimmy Winslow
Theodore BikelVandy
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