Captured!

Aug 19, 1933

1h 9m

★ 5.6

Overview

While waiting out World War I in a German POW camp, Captain Fred Allison discovers that his oldest and dearest friend Digby has also been captured and put into the same camp with him. Fred longs for news of his wife, Monica, but Digby speaks little of her. Digby knows a secret about Monica, a secret he must keep from his friend, and it wears at his conscience so much that he attempts a reckless escape.

Genres

Drama

Romance

War

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Cast

Captain Fred Allison

Leslie Howard

Lieutenant Fred Digby

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Colonel Carl Ehrlich

Paul Lukas

Monica Allison

Margaret Lindsay

The Commandant

Robert Barrat

Cocky

Arthur Hohl

Strogin

John Bleifer

Tex Martin

William LeMaire

Cpl. Guarand

J. Carrol Naish

Lieutenant Haversham

Philip Faversham

Herr Hauptman

Frank Reicher

Elsa

Joyce Coad

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