Feb 17, 1959
101 min
Full-HD

Danger Within (1959)

Drama set in an Italian prisoner of war camp during World War 2, where a group of British soldiers find their plans for escape thwarted by a mysterious traitor in their midst.

Category

War

Country

United Kingdom

Companies

Colin Lesslie Productions British Lion Films

Richard Todd

Lieutenant Colonel David Baird

Bernard Lee

Lieutenant Colonel Huxley

Michael Wilding

Major Charles Marquand

Richard Attenborough

Capt. 'Bunter' Phillips

Dennis Price

Capt. Rupert Callender

Donald Houston

Capt. Roger Byfold

William Franklyn

Capt. Tony Long

Vincent Ball

Capt. Pat Foster

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