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The Wooden Horse

The Wooden Horse

  • Status: Released
  • 16-10-1950
  • Runtime: 101 min
  • Score: 6.8
  • Vote count: 27

True story of three British POWs and their attempt to escape from Nazi Germany

Leo Genn

Peter Howard

David Tomlinson

Phil

Anthony Steel

John Clinton

David Greene

Nick Bennett

Peter Burton

Nigel

Patrick Waddington

Group Capt. Wardley

Michael Goodliffe

Robbie

Anthony Dawson

Pomfret

Bryan Forbes

Paul

Peter Finch

Australian in Hospital

Philip Dale

Bill White

Dan Cunningham

David

Russell Waters

'Wings' Cameron

Franz Schafheitlin

Camp Commandant

Lis Løwert

Kamma

Jacques Brunius

André

Meinhart Maur

Hotel Proprietor

Walter Gotell

François - The Follower

George Hilsdon

German Sentry (uncredited)

Bill Travers

Prisoner (uncredited)

Jack Carter

Watchtower Guard (uncredited)

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A great gathering of British acting talent - Leo Genn, Anthony Steel, David Tomlinson, Stanley Baxter (and his doppelgänger) et al - in this gentle yarn about ingenuity. They want to escape from a POW camp but their tunnels keep getting discovered. Rightio, they declare; let's multi-task. We can get fit and at the same time start our escape tunnel from underneath the pommel horse which we can move to right beside the fence - ergo, a lot less tunnelling and freedom will soon beckon. It's a gem of a film with just enough tension to keep it interesting and just enough humour to keep it entertaining. Really is worth a look.