The Birdmen

The Birdmen
Screenplay by David Kidd
Directed by Philip Leacock
Starring Doug McClure
Narrated by Charles Aidman
Music by David Rose
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
Production
Producer(s) Harve Bennett
Harry Tatelman
Cinematography Jack A. Marta
Editor(s) Robert F. Shugrue
Gene Palmer
Running time 74 min.
Production company(s) Universal Pictures
Distributor ABC
Release
Original release September 18, 1971

The Birdmen also known as Escape of the Birdmen and Colditz: Escape of the Birdmen is a 1971 television film directed by Philip Leacock and starring Doug McClure and Rene Auberjonois. It was a fictionalised account based on a proposed scheme for prisoners of war to escape from Colditz Castle by a clandestinely constructed glider christened the Colditz Cock. The movie appeared on the ABC Movie of the Week on September 18, 1971.[1] The film was shot at Universal Studios Hollywood and released theatrically in several countries.

Plot

O.S.S. Agent Major Cook is sent to Occupied Europe to bring a Norwegian scientist working on the atomic bomb to the Allies. The pair are captured but as they are believed to be escaped Allied airmen prisoners of war, they are sent to the "escape proof" Beckstadt Castle for Prisoners of War. Cook plots escape attempts but also has to keep the atomic scientist's true identity from both the Germans and his fellow prisoners.

Cast

Soundtrack

Notes

  1. ↑ pp. 54 Karol, Michael The ABC Movie of the Week Companion: A Loving Tribute to the Classic Series iUniverse, 2008

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