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The Wooden Horse

The Wooden Horse

"Charged with high voltage excitement !"

6.8(27 votes)
1950
1h 41m
WarDrama

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

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Production

Companies:
Wessex Film Productions
London Films Productions
British Lion Films

Languages

Original:en
Spoken:
English

Reviews

CinemaSerf

7/10

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.

12/27/2022

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