In 1864, due to frequent Apache raids from Mexico into the U.S., a Union officer decides to illegally cross the border and destroy the Apache, using a mixed army of Union troops, Confederate POWs, civilian mercenaries, and scouts.
An American POW leads a group of mainly British prisoners to escape from the Germans in WWII.
In a North African military prison during World War II, five new prisoners struggle to survive in the face of brutal punishment and sadistic guards.
A fast-taking wheeler-dealer corporal in a Malaysian POW camp during WWII uses bribery and larceny to take de facto control of the camp from his senior officers.
During the Cold War, John Goldfarb (Richard Crenna) crashes his spy plane in the Middle East and is taken prisoner by the local government. His captor, King Fawz (Peter Ustinov), soon ...
An inept gang of bank robbers, led by George The Brain, are caught and sentenced to 15 years hard labour each. When they are released from prison they start out to collect the money they ...
During World War II, two Americans are forced to bail out and parachute into a small German town. Herr Frick, being equal parts patriotic and lonely, keeps them as prisoners of war in his ...
Hyeong-jin, a low level gangster, serves a prison sentence after taking the rap for his boss, "Shanghai". Shanghai fails to live up to his promise to take care of Hyeong-jin's family. Upon his release, Hyeong-jin swears reveange
Busted for running an illegal gambling den during the Second World War, a gang of East End wideboys choose conscription over prison and take their talents on a tour of duty.
Malaya, September 1944: Many British soldiers have been captured by the Japanese, when they were cut off from their troops. On her way to Kuala Lumpur, the British secret agent Elaine's ...
An ex-cavalry sergeant, being escorted to prison after being convicted of a crime he didn't commit, finds himself leading the remnants of a unit that has been under Indian attack at a fort....
Mike Jordan escapes from prison to vindicate his father and brother's death.
An exemplary female communist finds himself sentenced for years in prison because of a fraud. The inspector who was in charge of investigation becomes suspicious about her guilt, trying to find out real motives behind the case.
Circumstantial evidence proves an innocent to be guilty for a bank robbery. He escapes from prison and sets out to nab the criminals responsible.
At the end of May 1918, released prisoners return to the Rumburk garrison from Russian captivity, hoping that the war is over for them. The only thing they want is to get their withheld ...
Rogues Jelly Knight, Scapa Flood, and Lennie the Dip leave prison expecting boss The Duke to have their stash ready to share out. Instead, Duke's girl Sara gives them the news Duke is dead ...
Ben has been after the Sims brothers since they gunned down his sister. His wife, threatening to leave him, sees his chance to get her back and get his revenge when the brothers are ...
Tin-Tan Cruz, a taxi driver who is accused of stealing money from tourists, escapes to an island where men are prisoners of god Mio Mao and women are ruled by wicked king Soleto.
Isabel is a beautiful singer with great aspirations but persistent bad luck. After serving time in prison for a crime she did not commit, she lands a singing gig at a dive in Barcelona ...
A gangster agrees to take the fall for his boss and serve a prison sentence if the boss takes care of his sister while he is in jail. When he is finally released from prison, he finds that ...