• StatusReleased
  • Release Date1968-02-29
  • Runtime110 minutes
  • TaglineIt's not who you con. It's how you do it.
  • RevenueNot Available
  • GenreComedy, War
  • Production
    CompaniesUniversal Pictures
  • BudgetNot Available

Movie Overview

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...

Casts

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

Richard X. Slattery