The Secret War of Harry Frigg

Name: The Secret War of Harry Frigg
Genre: Comedy, War
Released: 1968-02-29
Duration: 6600 min
Rating: 6.0

6.0 1968 1h 50m United States of America

Comedy War

When 5 allied generals are captured in Italy in WWII, it is a propaganda nightmare for the allies. The generals are all 1 star and refuse to take orders from each other in order to plan an escape. Harry Frigg is a private who has escaped from the guard house dozens of times. He is promoted to Major General and ordered to get the generals out once he is captured. Harry is willing to escape, but then he meets the countess...

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It's not who you con. It's how you do it. When 5 allied generals are captured in Italy in WWII, it is a propaganda nightmare for the allies. The generals are all 1 star and refuse to take orders from each other in order to plan an escape. Harry Frigg is a private who has escaped from the guard house dozens of times. He is promoted to Major General and ordered to get the generals out once he is captured. Harry is willing to escape, but then he meets the countess...

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Directors

Jack Smight

Writers

Frank Tarloff, Peter Stone

Cast

Paul Newman, Sylva Koscina, Andrew Duggan, Tom Bosley, John Williams, Charles Gray, Vito Scotti, Jacques Roux, Werner Peters, James Gregory, Fabrizio Mioni, Johnny Haymer, Norman Fell, Buck Henry, Horst Ebersberg

Production

Universal Pictures

Languages

English

Countries

United States of America