Albert R.N.

"The War's Most Daring P.O.W. Escape"

1953 1h 28m EN

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Synopsis

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The British inmates of a POW camp think they have an informer among them after several escape attempts fail. One of the prisoners constructs a dummy which they christen "Albert" and use at roll call in order to foil the German guards.

“The War's Most Daring P.O.W. Escape”

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Cast

Anthony Steel
Lt Geoffrey Ainsworth
Jack Warner
Capt Maddox
Robert Beatty
Lt Jim Reed
Anton Diffring
Capt Schultz
William Sylvester
Texas
Eddie Byrne
Joe
Guy Middleton
Bongo
Paul Carpenter
Fred

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Lewis Gilbert
Languages: English
Countries: United Kingdom

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RUNTIME

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88 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 7

ERA

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73 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 7

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 7

CAST

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Anthony Steel and Jack Warner and Robert Beatty carry the top of the cast.

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5 / 7

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "The War's Most Daring P.O.W. Escape".

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6 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0045487 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 12 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Lewis Gilbert directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United Kingdom. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

188 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
273 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Anthony Steel and Jack Warner and Robert Beatty carry the top of the cast.
5Marketing tagline: "The War's Most Daring P.O.W. Escape".
6IMDB entry: tt0045487 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 12 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Runtime: 88 min · 1h 28m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): G
IMDB: Albert R.N. (1953)

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CinemaSerf2022-11-14
★ 7/10
Lewis Gilbert has put together quite a good cast for this light-hearted wartime tale of POWs who find quite an innovative way of escaping and goon-baiting at the same time. Jack Warner ("Maddox") heads up the Allied side while Frederick Valk the Nazi one - and battle commences. The allies have a secret weapon - well, two actually. One is "Ainsworth" (Anthony Steel) who invents the other - "Albert" - a head made of papier-mâché that fits onto a collapsible torso built to fool the guards during their routine inspections. After a few mishaps, a bit of bribery, betrayal and some impatience, it finally falls to "Ainsworth" to try and escape... This has a strong cast - including Anton Diffring and Robert Beatty, and is written with serious intent but enough dark humour to flow well for 90 minutes, and I really quite enjoyed it.

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