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Danger Within (American title: Breakout) is a 1959 British war film set in a prisoner of war camp in Northern Italy during the summer of 1943. A combination of POW escape drama and whodunit, the movie is based upon the 1952 novel Death in Captivity by Michael Gilbert, who had been a prisoner of war held by the Italians at PG 49 in Fontanellato.
Breakout: Directed by Don Chaffey. With Richard Todd, Bernard Lee, Michael Wilding, Richard Attenborough. In 1943, an Italian-administered P.O.W. camp for captured Allies goes through a series of failed escapes only to culminate in a daring plan for a dramatic mass escape.
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- Drama, War
- Don Chaffey
- 1960-01-17
Danger Within is directed by Don Chaffey and adapted to screenplay by Bryan Forbes and Frank Harvey from the novel “Death in Captivity” written by Michael Gilbert. It stars Richard Todd, Bernard Lee, Michael Wilding, Richard Attenborough and Dennis Price.
An under-rated (or maybe just rarely seen) prisoner of war film that sees British soldiers attempting to escape from an Italian-run camp while a traitor is sabotaging their efforts.
- Don Chaffey
- Colin Lesslie Productions, British Lion Films
Danger Within (movie, 1959) Danger Within Drama set in an Italian prisoner of war camp during World War 2, where a group of British soldiers find their plans for escape thwarted by a mysterious traitor in their midst.
Sep 10, 2012 · For a start, events unfold under blazing skies in northern Italy, and the emphasis is as much on finding the traitor within the camp, as it is on the procedural details of the latest daring...
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Danger Within is set in an Italian Prisoner of War camp housing British, French and other Allied captives during the summer of 1943. The British officers concoct a number of ingenious escape plans - including one involving sewers, light switches, misplaced cigarettes and rugby posts - but despite the best efforts of the Escape Committee,
