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The Birdmen

The Birdmen

They used to boast there were only two ways to escape from Hitler's Beckstadt prison... to die...or to sprout wings
Nov 08, 1973 1h 14m
7.5
8 votes

Synopsis

During WWII an American soldier sent to Norway to help with the escape of a scientist working on the atomic bomb for the Germans. Before they can escape they are captured and sent to a POW prison camp in an alpine castle. Cook must find a way to escape with the scientist before the Gestapo discover the Norwegian's true identity and convinces the other prisoners to build a two person glider in which they plan to escape.

Title The Birdmen
Companies Universal Television, Silverton Productions
Countries United States of America
Keywords escape, castle, glider, pow escape
Doug McClure

Doug McClure

Major Harry Cook
René Auberjonois

René Auberjonois

Halden Brevik / Olav Volda
Chuck Connors

Chuck Connors

Colonel Morgan Crawford
Don Knight

Don Knight

Focus Flaherty
Tom Skerritt

Tom Skerritt

Orville Fitzgerald