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The McKenzie Break

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In a World War II--era internment camp in Scotland, presiding officer Maj. Perry (Ian Hendry) suspects that the imprisoned Nazi soldiers he monitors are plotting a large-scale prison break. But after Perry fails to figure things out himself, eccentric Irishman Capt. Connor (Brian Keith) is brought in to do some detective work. Before long Connor traces the plan back to the German Capt. Schlueter (Helmut Griem), leading to a man-to-man battle of wills and intellects.
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Michael E. Grost Classic Film and Television Odd tale succeeds as prison break storytelling, but lacks deeper meanings or creativity. Nov 21, 2017 Full Review Read all reviews

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Ram 4 It was very mediocre and then it turned to really bad when they quelled a riot with fire trucks and water hoses without hooking the fire trucks up to any water source and they shot out an oceans full of water at high pressure. That's when I gave up on the film completely. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 12/13/23 Full Review Audience Member Good movie. It kept me interested from start to end. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/20/23 Full Review Audience Member Intriguing WWII film about a UK prisoner of war camp holding captured German U-boat crew members who are attempting to tunnel out. I think this is the first POW war film I've need not told from an allied forces or US perspective, although this film is certainly not solely told from the German perspective like in "Das Boot". Brian Keith is a British military specialist who has been called in to look into problems happening at the camp as gets equal screen time as the Germans trying to escape. However, it's the German story that seemed more interesting, watching the distention and factions that form among the German prisoners over the justness of their war and why they are fighting. Not a great war film, but it's a unique and interesting one. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member I own this in a six movie pack along with: * A Bridge Too Far (1977) * Battle Of Britain (1969) * 633 Squadron (1963) * The Train (1964) * The Devil's Brigade (1968) Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Audience Member Genuinely above average WW2 movie - never heard of it but caught it on the new 7MATE channel by accident. Suprising. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Audience Member THE MCKENZIE BREAK (1970) Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Lamont Johnson

Director

Brian Keith

Capt. Jack Connor

Helmut Griem

Kapitan zur See Willi Schlueter

Ian Hendry

Maj. Perry

Jack Watson

Gen. Kerr

Patrick O'Connell

Sgt. Maj. Cox
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Synopsis In a World War II--era internment camp in Scotland, presiding officer Maj. Perry (Ian Hendry) suspects that the imprisoned Nazi soldiers he monitors are plotting a large-scale prison break. But after Perry fails to figure things out himself, eccentric Irishman Capt. Connor (Brian Keith) is brought in to do some detective work. Before long Connor traces the plan back to the German Capt. Schlueter (Helmut Griem), leading to a man-to-man battle of wills and intellects.
Director
Lamont Johnson
Producer
Jules Levy, Arthur Gardner, Arnold Laven
Production Co
Levy-Gardner-Laven, Gramercy Pictures
Rating
PG
Genre
War, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 16, 2008
Runtime
1h 46m
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