"During World War II, members of a British tank unit in northern Africa are captured and held prisoners by Germans."
Victor Mature
as Sgt. David Thatcher
Leo Genn
as Sgt. Kendall
Bonar Colleano
as The Pole
Anthony Newley
as Private "Tiger" Noakes
Alfred Burke
as Capt. Ritter
Luciana Paluzzi
as Carola
George Coulouris
as Italian POW camp commandant
Sean Kelly
as Bartlett
Kenneth Fortescue
as Cpl. Johnson
David Lodge
as Patterson
Maxwell Shaw
as The Sheikh
Alan Tilvern
as Silverio
George Pravda
as German Sergeant
Percy Herbert
as 1st English Soldier
Kenneth Cope
as 2nd English Soldier
Robert Rietti
as Alberto
Martin Boddey
as SS Colonel
Andreas Malandrinos
as Italian Cook
Richard Marner
as German Colonel
Ernst Walder
as German Corporal
Peter Elliott
as Italian Officer
Julian Sherrier
as 2nd Italian Officer
Robert Bruce
as Italian Driver
Bob Simmons
as Mustapha
Terence Young
Director
Writer
Richard Maibaum
Bert Rule
Editor
Ted Moore
Director of Photography
Irving Allen
Producer
John Box
Art Direction
Merle Miller
Story
Nora Roberts
Casting
John McCorry
Costume Design
Ernest Day
Camera Operator
Kay Rawlings
Script Supervisor
Albert R. Broccoli
Ceri Davies
Roy Whybrow
Special Effects
Cliff Richardson
Kenneth V. Jones
Music
Bert Ross
Sound Recordist
Cyril J. Knowles
Additional Director of Photography
