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The Secret War of Harry Frigg(1968)

It's not who you con. It's how you do it.

  • February 29, 1968
  • 1 h 50 min
  • 6
  • Comedy, War
6.2TMDB · 42 votes

Directed by: Jack Smight

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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Cast

  • Paul Newman

    Paul Newman

    Pvt. Harry Frigg

  • Sylva Koscina

    Sylva Koscina

    Countess Francesca De Montefiore

  • Andrew Duggan

    Andrew Duggan

    Gen. Newton Armstrong

  • Tom Bosley

    Tom Bosley

    Gen. Roscoe Pennypacker

  • John Williams

    John Williams

    Gen. Francis Mayhew

  • Charles Gray

    Charles Gray

    Gen. Adrian Cox-Roberts

  • Vito Scotti

    Vito Scotti

    Col. Enrico Ferrucci

  • Jacques Roux

    Jacques Roux

    Gen. Andre Rochambeau

  • Werner Peters

    Werner Peters

    Maj. von Steignitz

  • James Gregory

    James Gregory

    Gen. Homer Prentiss

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