A Man Escaped
Nov 11 1956
•2h 41m
•Drama, Thriller
A captured French Resistance fighter during World War II engineers a daunting escape from prison.
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François Leterrier
Fontaine
Charles Le Clainche
Jost
Maurice Beerblock
Blanchet
Roland Monod
Priest of Leiris
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