

29/02/1968
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...

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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