Released:
1968-02-29

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...

Director:
Jack Smight

Runtime:
1h 50min

Genre:
Comedy, War

• Cast:
• 
  Paul Newman
  as
  Pvt. Harry Frigg
• 
  Sylva Koscina
  as
  Countess Francesca De Montefiore
• 
  Andrew Duggan
  as
  Gen. Newton Armstrong
• 
  Tom Bosley
  as
  Gen. Roscoe Pennypacker
• 
  John Williams
  as
  Gen. Francis Mayhew