Sergeant-Major Charles Coward, a brave British soldier is captured by German forces during World War II. When he's thrown into a prisoner of war camp, he immediately plans his escape. Masquerading as a wounded German soldier, he makes it as far as the medical tent, where the deceived enemy forces award him the Iron Cross. Though he is ultimately discovered, he goes on to courageously pursue his freedom with a whimsical and undying audacity.
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Dirk Bogarde as Sergant-Major Charles Coward
Maria Perschy as Irena
Alfred Lynch as Corporal Bill Pope
Nigel Stock as Cole
Reginald Beckwith as Unterofficer
Richard Marner as Schmidt
Ed Devereaux as Aussie
Lewis Fiander as Pringle
George Mikell as Necke
Richard Carpenter as Robinson
Bernard Archard as 1st Prisoner of War
Ferdy Mayne as 1st German Officer at French Farm
George Pravda as 2nd German Officer at French Farm
Olaf Pooley as German Doctor
Michael Mellinger as Feldwebel
Colin Blakely as 1st German Goon
Margaret Whiting as French Farmwoman
Mark Eden as 2nd Prisoner of War
Douglas Livingstone as Bennett
John Gardiner as 3rd Prisoner of War
Howard Pays as Mansard
Tommy Elliott as Concertina Player
Bernard Proctor as Harmonica Player
Philo Hauser as 2nd German Goon
Charles Durning as American Solider (uncredited)
Arnold Marlé as Old Man on Train (uncredited)
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