When 5 allied generals are captured in Italy in WWII, it is a propaganda nightmare for the allies. The generals are all 1 star and refuse to take orders from each other in order to plan an escape. Harry Frigg is a private who has escaped from the guard house dozens of times. He is promoted to Major General and ordered to get the generals out once he is captured. Harry is willing to escape, but then he meets the countess...
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Paul Newman as Pvt. Harry Frigg
Sylva Koscina as Countess Francesca De Montefiore
Andrew Duggan as Gen. Newton Armstrong
Tom Bosley as Gen. Roscoe Pennypacker
John Williams as Gen. Francis Mayhew
Charles Gray as Gen. Adrian Cox-Roberts
Vito Scotti as Col. Enrico Ferrucci
Jacques Roux as Gen. Andre Rochambeau
Werner Peters as Maj. von Steignitz
James Gregory as Gen. Homer Prentiss
Fabrizio Mioni as Lt. Rossano
Johnny Haymer as Sgt. Pozzallo
Norman Fell as Captain Stanley
Buck Henry as Stockade Commandant
Horst Ebersberg as Lt. Gruber
Richard X. Slattery as MP Sergeant
George Ives as Major
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