Danger Within (Original title)Breakout (Alternative title)
Date: 23 March 1959 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Don Chaffey
Synopsis: North Italy Summer 1943. After various failed attempts to escape their prison, some British prisoners of war realise that they have among them a traitor.
Genre: War
Subjects: World War II, Italian Campaign, British prisoners of war, Escapes
Releases
Date: 1959Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 101 mins Length: 9101 FeetDialogue (original): English
Title: [Sight and Sound - v3 n10 October 1993: no known title]Article type: NoteLanguage: English
Description: Video note
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v26 n302 March 1959 Page: 27
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v26 n302 March 1959: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n2688 19 Feb 1959 Page: 19
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2688 19 Feb 1959: no known title]Language: English
In: Variety 25 Feb 1959
Title: [Variety - 25 Feb 1959: no known title]Language: English
In: The Daily Cinema n8117 13 Feb 1959 Page: 7
Title: [The Daily Cinema - n8117 13 Feb 1959: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(1)
Film materials(1)
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: Mainly safetySound: CombinedLength: 10150 FeetStock date: 1958BFI identifier: C-38467
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Date: 23 March 1959 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Don Chaffey
Synopsis: North Italy Summer 1943. After various failed attempts to escape their prison, some British prisoners of war realise that they have among them a traitor.
Genre: War
Subjects: World War II, Italian Campaign, British prisoners of war, Escapes
Releases
Date: 1959Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 101 mins Length: 9101 FeetDialogue (original): English
Credits
(40)
Production Company: Colin Lesslie Productions, Made in association with: British Lion Films, Produced by: Colin Lesslie, Associate Producer: Adrian D. Worker, Location Manager: Philip Shipway, [Production Secretary]: Doris Prince, Assistant Director: Ronald Spencer, [Assistant Director (2nd)]: John Roddick, [Assistant Director (3rd)]: Denis Johnson Jr, Continuity: Yvonne Richards, Screenplay by: Bryan Forbes, Frank Harvey, Based on the novel by: Michael Gilbert, Director of Photography: Arthur Grant, Camera Operator: Robert Walker, [Focus Puller]: Manny Wynn, [Clapper Loader]: Terry Wynfield, [Stills]: Frank Bellingham, Film Editor: John Trumper, [Film Editor]: William Hartley, Art Director: Ray Simm, [Set Dresser]: Maurice Fowler, [Draughtsman]: James Sawyer, [Prop Buyer]: Eric Hillier, Wardrobe Supervisor: Jack Verity, [Wardrobe Mistress]: Laura Nightingale, Make-up: Freddie Williamson, [Assistant Make-up]: Alan Brownie, Hairdressing: Bobbie Smith, Music Composed and Conducted by: Francis Chagrin, 'Ne Partez Pas Deja' Composed by: Henry Himmel, Sound Supervisor: John Cox, Sound Recording: George Stephenson, Sound Recording: Red Law, [Boom Operator]: Jack Davies, Dubbing Editor: Ernest Hosler, [Publicity Director]: John Newnham, [Publicity Secretary]: Maureen Osborne, Studio: Shepperton Studios
Cast
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Richard Todd (Lieutenant Colonel David Baird, M.C.), Richard Attenborough (Captain "Bunter" Phillips), Bernard Lee (Lieutenant Colonel Huxley), Dennis Price (Captain Rupert Callender), Donald Houston (Captain Roger Byfold), Peter Arne (Capitano Benucci), William Franklyn (Captain Tony Long), Vincent Ball (Captain Pat Foster), Peter Jones (Captain Alfred Piker), Terence Alexander (Lieutenant Gibbs), Ronnie Stevens (Lieutenant `Sewer Rat' Meynell), Michael Wilding (Major Charles Marquand), Andrew Faulds (Lt. Comdr. `Dopey' Gibbon, RN), Steve Norbert (Lieutenant Pierre Dessin), Cyril Shaps (Lieutenant Cyriakos Coutoules), Eric Lander (Lieutenant Tim O'Brien), John Dearth (Lieutenant Robson), Robert Bruce (`Doc' Simmonds, RAMC), Harold Siddons (Captain `Tag' Burchnall), Ian Whittaker (2nd Lieutenant Betts-Hanger), David Williams (Lieutenant Parsons), David Graham (Lieutenant Moxhay), Howard Williams (Lieutenant Bush), Dino Galvani (Commandante Arletti), Michael Caine ([prisoner with pin-up])
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(5)
In: Sight and Sound v3 n10 October 1993 Page: 60Title: [Sight and Sound - v3 n10 October 1993: no known title]Article type: NoteLanguage: English
Description: Video note
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v26 n302 March 1959 Page: 27
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v26 n302 March 1959: no known title]Language: English
In: Kinematograph Weekly n2688 19 Feb 1959 Page: 19
Title: [Kinematograph Weekly - n2688 19 Feb 1959: no known title]Language: English
In: Variety 25 Feb 1959
Title: [Variety - 25 Feb 1959: no known title]Language: English
In: The Daily Cinema n8117 13 Feb 1959 Page: 7
Title: [The Daily Cinema - n8117 13 Feb 1959: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(1)
Film materials(1)
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: Mainly safetySound: CombinedLength: 10150 FeetStock date: 1958BFI identifier: C-38467
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status