
- Country: USA
- Genres: Comedy, War
- Release: 1968-02-29
- Director: Jack Smight
- Writers: Peter Stone , Frank Tarloff
- Language: English | Italian | German
- Stars: Paul Newman , Sylva Koscina , Andrew Duggan , Tom Bosley (I) (1927–2010)
- Runtime: 110 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: Slaptasis Hario Frigo karas (Lithuania) , Ontsnapping op bevel (Belgium) , Apodrasis kata diatagin (Greece) , Évasion sur commande (Canada) , Zorg dat je d'r uit komt (Netherlands the) , Frække Frigg (Denmark) , Mestaripakoilija (Finland) , Der Etappenheld (Germany) , Tajna wojna Harry'ego Frigga (Poland) , Sahte general (Turkey) , Тайная война Гарри Фригга , The Secret War of Harry Frigg (United Kingdom) , Dassô dai sakusen (Japan) , Guerra amore e fuga (Italy) , Évasion sur commande (France, French Republic) , The Secret War of Harry Frigg , The Chill (United States of America) , Războiul secret al lui Harry Frigg (Romania) , Generalernas flykt (Sweden) , A Guerra Secreta de Harry Frigg (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Meanwhile, Far from the Front (United States of America) , Der Etappenheld , 脱走大作戦 (Japan) , Comando secreto (Spain) , Tajna vojna Harrya Frigga (Slovenia) , The Secret War of Harry Frigg (United States of America) , La fuga de los generales (Mexico) , Que Delícia de Guerra (Brazil) , Απόδρασις κατά διαταγήν (Greece) , The Secret War of Harry Frigg (Canada)
- Plot:
When 5 allied generals are captured in Italy in WWII, it is a propaganda nightmare for the allies. The generals are all 1 star and refuse to take orders from each other in order to plan an escape. Harry Frigg is a private who has escaped from the guard house dozens of times. He is promoted to Major General and ordered to get the generals out once he is captured. Harry is willing to escape, but then he meets the countess…
- IMDB:tt0063573


The Secret War of Harry Frigg Cast

Jack Smight
Director

Paul Newman
Pvt. Harry Frigg

Sylva Koscina
Countess Francesca De Montefiore

Andrew Duggan
Gen. Newton Armstrong

Tom Bosley
(I)
(1927–2010)
Gen. Roscoe Pennypacker

John Williams
Gen. Francis Mayhew

Charles Gray
Gen. Adrian Cox-Roberts

Vito Scotti
Col. Enrico Ferrucci
Jacques Roux
Gen. Andre Rochambeau

Werner Peters
Maj. von Steignitz

James Gregory
Gen. Homer Prentiss

Johnny Haymer
Sgt. Pozzallo

Norman Fell
Captain Stanley

Buck Henry
Stockade Commandant

Horst Ebersberg
Lt. Gruber

Richard X. Slattery
MP Sergeant
George Ives
Major