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Germans to realize the men have escaped and a Gestapo officer leads the hunt. Caddon is wounded during the escape. He is healed by Hanna, a German woman who has no loyalty to the Nazis. They end up having sex, but Caddon is betrayed the next morning by a Nazi-loyal friend of Hanna. Caddon makes a run for it, running into Boyd. The two are caught by Feltmann of the Gestapo. Feltmann non-fatally shoots Boyd and Caddon strangles him to death with his own shotgun. When Caddon and Boyd realize that their mates will be walking into a trap, they have to decide whether to give themselves up and return to the camp to warn them.
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The POWs learn from their radio the camp is to experience a massive air raid. They believe it an opportunity to stage a mass escape via their incomplete tunnel. While they push to complete the short distance into the woods their plans change when there is a but a cave-in. Drew
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When one of the men is found murdered, Capt. Attercombe decides to launch his own investigation and keep the death a secret from
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Fellow POWs are leery of the new arrival, Harry
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threatened several of his fellow prisoners about not telling anyone about the situation. When Robbie Crane confesses to the crime, he is to be turned over to the camp authorities, but Drew
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