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While waiting out World War I in a German POW camp, Captain Fred Allison discovers that his oldest and dearest friend Digby has also been captured and put into the same camp with him. Fred longs for news of his wife, Monica, but Digby speaks little of her. Digby knows a secret about Monica, a secret he must keep from his friend, and it wears at his conscience so much that he attempts a reckless escape.Read moreLess
While waiting out World War I in a German POW camp, Captain Fred Allison discovers that his oldest and dearest friend Digby has also been captured and put into the same camp with him. Fred longs for news of his wife, Monica, but Digby speaks little of her. Digby knows a secret about Monica, a secret he must keep from his friend, and it wears at his conscience so much that he attempts a reckless escape.
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While waiting out World War I in a German POW camp, Captain Fred Allison discovers that his oldest and dearest friend Digby has also been captured and put into the same camp with him. Fred longs for news of his wife, Monica, but Digby speaks little of her. Digby knows a secret about Monica, a secret he must keep from his friend, and it wears at his conscience so much that he attempts a reckless escape.
Watch trailerCast & crew
Leslie HowardCaptain Fred Allison
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.Lieutenant Fred Digby
Paul LukasColonel Carl Ehrlich
Margaret LindsayMonica Allison
Robert BarratThe Commandant
Arthur HohlCocky
John BleiferStrogin
J. Carrol NaishCpl. Guarand
Philip FavershamLieutenant Haversham
Frank ReicherHerr Hauptman
Joyce CoadElsaExplore the crew
- Director
- Roy Del Ruth
- Editor
- William Holmes
- Producer
- Edward Chodorov
- Screenplay
- Edward Chodorov
- Director of Photography
- Barney McGill