Danger Within

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Danger Within (1959)

NR 01/17/1960 (US) War 1h 41m

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400 plan to escape - one plans to betray!

Overview

Drama set in an Italian prisoner of war camp during World War 2, where a group of British soldiers find their plans for escape thwarted by a mysterious traitor in their midst.

Don Chaffey

Director
Michael Gilbert

Novel
Bryan Forbes

Screenplay
Frank Harvey

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Richard Todd

Lieutenant Colonel David Baird
Bernard Lee

Lieutenant Colonel Huxley
Michael Wilding

Major Charles Marquand
Peter Arne

Capitano Benucci
Richard Attenborough

Capt. 'Bunter' Phillips
Andrew Faulds

Lt. Comdr. 'Dopey' Gibbon, R.N.
Donald Houston

Capt. Roger Byfold
William Franklyn

Capt. Tony Long
Vincent Ball

Capt. Pat Foster
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Danger Within is directed by Don Chaffey and adapted to screenplay by Bryan Forbes and Frank Harvey from the novel “Death in Captivity” written by Michael Gilbert. It stars Richard Todd, Bernard Lee, Michael Wilding, Richard Attenborough and Dennis Price. Music is by Francis Chagrin and cinematography by Arthur Grant.

Northern Italy, 1943, a POW Camp. No matter how intricate the planning, how well executed, escape attempts are met by tragedy as the sadistic camp commander is waiting to not only foil the escape, but to also kill the escapees in cold b... read the rest.

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