Doug McClure
Major Harry Cook
The Birdmen (1973)
"They used to boast there were only two ways to escape from Hitler's Beckstadt prison... to die...or to sprout wings"
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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.
Philip Leacock
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David Kidd
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