THE WOODEN HORSE is another decent WW2 prisoner-of-war movie, this time set in an internment camp for British officers run by the German air force. Once again it has the hook of being a true story to make it completely irresistible for viewers, and once again there's very little to dislike about this picture: it's well shot, well acted, and generally entertaining.
The story is about a group of prisoners who decide to escape by digging a tunnel beneath the exercise ground of their internment camp. Their cover will be the titular item, a horse used for vaulting by the exercising prisoners. What follows is laden with suspense and decent performances with the likes of Leo Genn, Anthony Steel, and David Tomlinson doing their bit as the prisoners determined to escape. While the story does lose some of the momentum in the latter section, it remains engaging right up until the closing credits. It's not quite ALBERT, R.N., but it's watchable all the same.
The story is about a group of prisoners who decide to escape by digging a tunnel beneath the exercise ground of their internment camp. Their cover will be the titular item, a horse used for vaulting by the exercising prisoners. What follows is laden with suspense and decent performances with the likes of Leo Genn, Anthony Steel, and David Tomlinson doing their bit as the prisoners determined to escape. While the story does lose some of the momentum in the latter section, it remains engaging right up until the closing credits. It's not quite ALBERT, R.N., but it's watchable all the same.