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The Birdmen (1973)
Directed by Philip Leacock
“They used to boast there were only two ways to escape from Hitler's Beckstadt prison... to die...or to sprout wings”
War, Drama, History, TV Movie · 1h 14m
During WWII an American soldier sent to Norway to help with the escape of a scientist working on the atomic bomb for the Germans. Before they can escape they are captured and sent to a POW prison camp in an alpine castle. Cook must find a way to escape with the scientist before the Gestapo discover the Norwegian's true identity and convinces the other prisoners to build a two person glider in which they plan to escape.
Cast
Doug McClure
René Auberjonois
Richard Basehart
Chuck Connors
Max Baer Jr.
Don Knight
Greg Mullavey
Paul Koslo
Barry Brown
Tom Skerritt
Crew
- Director
- Philip Leacock
- Writer
- David Kidd
Details
- Release date
- 1973-11-08
- Runtime
- 1h 14m
- Genres
- War, Drama, History, TV Movie
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Universal Television, Silverton Productions