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The Wooden Horse is a 1950 British World War II war film directed by Jack Lee and starring Leo Genn, David Tomlinson and Anthony Steel. It is based on the book of the same name by Eric Williams, who also wrote the screenplay. [2] The film depicts the true events of an escape attempt made by POWs in the German prison
Eric Williams MC (13 July 1911 – 24 December 1983) was an English writer and former Second World War RAF pilot and prisoner of war (POW) who wrote several books dealing with his escapes from prisoner-of-war camps, most famously in his 1949 novel The Wooden Horse, made into a 1950 movie of the same name.
The Wooden Horse (1950) – British war drama film depicting the true events of an escape attempt made by POWs in the German prison camp Stalag Luft III [27] Young Daniel Boone (1950) – Western drama film based on the life of Daniel Boone [28] Young Man with a Horn (1950) – musical drama film inspired by the life of jazz cornetist Bix ...
Steel's roles up until then had been essentially bit parts. His first big break was being cast as one of three British POWs who escape from a camp in The Wooden Horse (1950). This film, based on a true story, was the third most popular film at the British box office in 1950 and established Steel as a leading man. [15]
A list of films produced in the United Kingdom in 1950 (see 1950 in film): 1950. Title Director Cast Genre ... The Wooden Horse: Jack Lee: Leo Genn, Anthony Steel ...
In the 1950 British film The Wooden Horse, Michael Codner is portrayed as the character John Clinton, played by Anthony Steel. The film is based on the book of the same name by Eric Williams, who also wrote the screenplay for the film. [5]
A new documentary film brings to life the extraordinary friendship between Queen Elizabeth and a cowboy from California.. Monty Roberts, famously known as the "Horse Whisperer," reflects on how he ...
One was in 1943 and became the basis of a fictionalised film, The Wooden Horse (1950), based on a book by escapee Eric Williams. The second breakout—the so-called Great Escape —of March 1944, was conceived by Squadron Leader Roger Bushell of the Royal Air Force (RAF) and was authorised by the senior British officer at Stalag Luft III ...