18:20

Escape to Victory

Wed 26^th Dec 1984, 18:20 on BBC One London

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Michael Caine , Sylvester Stallone and 18 of the world's top soccer players feature in this exciting World War n drama. Captain John Colby , ex-soccer star and prisoner of war, agrees to field a team of prisoners against the German national team. The Germans intend to use the match as a propaganda exercise but Colby's team have other ideas ... The PlayersThe French
Screenplay by EVAN JONES and YABO YABLONSKY Produced by FREDDIE FIELDS Directed by JOHN HUSTON
(First showing on British television)
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Unknown:: Michael Caine
Unknown:: Sylvester Stallone
Unknown:: Captain John Colby
Play By:: Evan Jones
Unknown:: Yabo Yablonsky
Produced By:: Freddie Fields
Directed By:: John Huston
Colby:: Michael Caine
Hatch:: Sylvester Stallone
Von Steiner:: Max Von Sydow
dron:: Daniel Massey
Rose:: Tim Pigott-Smith
Shurlock:: Julian Curry
the Forger:: Clive Merrison
Pyrie:: Maurice Roeves
Fernandez:: Pele
Terry:: Bobby Moore
Arthur:: John Wark
Pieter:: Co Prins
Sid:: Mike Summerbee
Dieter:: Laurie Sivell
Schmidt:: Robin Turner
Rey:: Osvaldo Ardiles
Janos:: Kazimierz Deyna
Michel:: Paul van Himst
Erik:: Soren Undsted
Doug:: Russell Osman
Baumann:: Werner Roth
Tony:: Kevin O'Callaghan
Andre:: Amidou
Jean-Paul:: Benoit Ferreux
Claude:: Jean Francois Stevenin
Georges:: Jack Lenoir
The Germans Boehm:: Anton Diffring
Kommandant:: George Mikell
Lang:: Michael Wolf
Strauss:: David Shawyer

Source: Radio Times

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