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The Wooden Horse

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True story of three British POWs and their attempt to escape from Nazi Germany

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 1950-10-16

Runtime: 101 mins

Director: Jack Lee

Spoken language: English

Genres: War, Drama

Original title: The Wooden Horse

Production Companies: Wessex Film Productions, London Films Productions, British Lion Films

Production Countries: United Kingdom

Reviews

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Geronimo1967
A great gathering of British acting talent - Leo Genn, Anthony Steel, David Tomlinson, Stanley Baxter (and his doppelgänger) et al - in this gentle yarn about ingenuity. They want to escape from a POW camp but their tunnels keep getting discovered. Rightio, they declare; let's multi-task. We can get fit and at the same time start our escape tunnel from underneath the pommel horse which we can move to right beside the fence - ergo, a lot less tunnelling and freedom will soon beckon. It's a gem of a film with just enough tension to keep it interesting and just enough humour to keep it entertaining. Really is worth a look.
2022-12-27

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