The Birdmen (1971)

74 min · Drama, Historie, War Film, war film

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Directors

Phillip Leacock

Cast

Doug McClure, René Auberjonois, Richard Basehart, Chuck Connors, Max Baer Jr., Don Knight, Tom Skerritt, Greg Mullavey, Barry Brown, Paul Koslo, Rolf Niehus, Genadii Biegouloff, Peter Hellman, Karl Swenson, Karl Bruck

The story

O.S.S. agent Major Cook is to extract Halden Brevik, a Norwegian scientist with knowledge about the atomic bomb, from occupied Europe. The Germans capture them and believe their cover story: Allied air force POW escapees.

Catalogue themes and tags

Atomic Bomb, Border Zone, Castle, Escape Attempt, Flucht, Frontier, Geheime Staatspolizei, Intrigue, NS-Zeit, Nazi Zeit, Nazis, Switzerland, Wissenschaftlerin, World War 2, norwegen

Genres

Drama, Historie, War Film, war film

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