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Breakout

Original title: Danger Within
  • 1959
  • 1h 41m
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
849
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Breakout (1959)
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In 1943, an Italian-administered P.O.W. camp for captured Allies goes through a series of failed escapes only to culminate in a daring plan for a dramatic mass escape.In 1943, an Italian-administered P.O.W. camp for captured Allies goes through a series of failed escapes only to culminate in a daring plan for a dramatic mass escape.In 1943, an Italian-administered P.O.W. camp for captured Allies goes through a series of failed escapes only to culminate in a daring plan for a dramatic mass escape.

  • Director
    • Don Chaffey
  • Writers
    • Bryan Forbes
    • Frank Harvey
    • Michael Gilbert
  • Stars
    • Richard Todd
    • Bernard Lee
    • Michael Wilding
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.8/10
    849
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Don Chaffey
    • Writers
      • Bryan Forbes
      • Frank Harvey
      • Michael Gilbert
    • Stars
      • Richard Todd
      • Bernard Lee
      • Michael Wilding
    • 20User reviews
    • 9Critic reviews
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    Top Cast55

    Richard Todd
    Richard Todd
    • Lt. Col. David Baird, M.C.
    Bernard Lee
    Bernard Lee
    • Lt. Col. Huxley
    Michael Wilding
    Michael Wilding
    • Major Charles Marquand
    Richard Attenborough
    Richard Attenborough
    • Capt. 'Bunter' Phillips
    Dennis Price
    Dennis Price
    • Capt. Rupert Callender
    Donald Houston
    Donald Houston
    • Capt. Roger Byfold
    William Franklyn
    William Franklyn
    • Capt. Tony Long
    Vincent Ball
    Vincent Ball
    • Capt. Pat Foster
    Peter Arne
    Peter Arne
    • Capitano Benucci
    Peter Jones
    Peter Jones
    • Capt. Alfred Piker
    Ronnie Stevens
    Ronnie Stevens
    • Lt. Meynell, 'The Sewer Rat'
    Terence Alexander
    Terence Alexander
    • Lt. Gibbs
    Andrew Faulds
    Andrew Faulds
    • Lt. Comdr. 'Dopey' Gibbon, R.N.
    Steve Norbert
    • Lt. Pierre Dessin
    Cyril Shaps
    Cyril Shaps
    • Lt. Cyriakos Coutoules
    Eric Lander
    • Lt. Tim O'Brien
    John Dearth
    John Dearth
    • Lt. Robson
    Robert Bruce
    Robert Bruce
    • 'Doc' Simmonds, R.A.M.C.
    • Director
      • Don Chaffey
    • Writers
      • Bryan Forbes
      • Frank Harvey
      • Michael Gilbert
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    Did you know

    • Trivia
      Amongst the names called out in the roll call scene when Captain Long returns from Benucci's office is 'Verity'. Yorkshire and England cricketer Hedley Verity, who served as a captain in the Green Howards, was captured in Italy and died there while he was a POW. It's a sufficiently unusual surname to be more than coincidence.
    • Goofs
      In the final scene, when Capitano Benucci realized an escape is happening, he is seen running around the camp with his pistol in his hand. The pistol is an automatic, but when he shoots the "traitor" hidden behind the blanket, the closeup shows a revolver.
    • Quotes
      • Lt. Col. Huxley: [the prisoners are discussing the corpse of a man discovered in an escape tunnel] Obviously we must report this to the Italians at once.
      • Lt. Col. David Baird, M.C.: Report it, aye, but do you have to tell them where you found him?
      • Lt. Col. Huxley: Yes, of course we do. Their doctors will prove he died under a fall of sand. That means only one thing - a tunnel.
      • Lt. Col. David Baird, M.C.: Well just for the record, if you tell 'em the truth, you'll be making them a present of the only tunnel in this camp with a real chance.
      • Lt. Col. Huxley: What alternative do you suggest?
      • Lt. Col. David Baird, M.C.: Put him in another tunnel. An abandoned one. And then report it.
      • Lt. Col. Huxley: You mean fake a fall in another tunnel?
      • Lt. Col. David Baird, M.C.: Well, it happens easily enough by accident. It shouldn't be difficult to do it on purpose.
      • Lt. Col. Huxley: That might not be the end of the matter, you realise that?
      • Lt. Col. David Baird, M.C.: Well I'm still for it, sir.
      • Lt. Col. Huxley: Alright. Who'll do it?
      • Capt. Roger Byfold: I will, sir.
      • Lt. Col. Huxley: Well, the less I know about it, the better. And, just as a matter of interest, might I be allowed to know where this abandoned tunnel starts?
      • [Baird looks at the floor below Huxley's feet, indicating that Huxley is standing on it]
    • Crazy credits
      Opening credits prologue: North Italy Summer 1943
    • Connections
      Referenced in Two Way Stretch (1960)
    • Soundtracks
      Ne Partez pas déjà
      Music by Henry Himmel

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    Details

    • Release date
      • January 17, 1960 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Languages
      • English
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • Verrat in Camp 127
    • Filming locations
      • Chobham Common, Surrey, England, UK
    • Production companies
      • Colin Lesslie Productions
      • British Lion Film Corporation
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    Tech specs

    • Runtime
      • 1h 41m(101 min)
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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