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
