Rating: PG
Genre: War
Release Date: 01/18/2000
SubTitles: English/French
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: 5.1/1
Run Time: 106 Minutes
Flags: Questionable for Children
Distributor/Studio: MGM

The McKenzie Break is an unusual POW escape drama in that the would-be escapees are German prisoners, held in a Scottish camp. When a Luftwaffe pilot is murdered in the compound, British major Ian Hendrey investigates. He suspects that the killing is tied in with a complex escape plan, engineered by German commander Helmut Griem. Before the inevitable break, the prisoners form into the sort of separate factions and pressure groups that fomented the Nazi upheaval in Germany in the first place. Based on a novel by Sidney Shelley, The McKenzie Break was actually filmed in Ireland rather than Scotland.

~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Brian Keith - Capt. Jack Connor
Helmut Griem - Kapitan Schluetter
Ian Hendry - Maj. Perry
Patrick O'Connell - Sgt. Major Cox
Caroline Mortimer - STS Sgt. Bell
Horst Janson - Neuchl
John Abineri - Hauptman Kranz
Eric Allan - Hochbauer
Constantin de Goguel - Lt. Hall
Tom Kempinski - Schmidt
Noel Purcell - Ferry Captain

Production:
Lamont Johnson - Director
Arthur Gardner Arnold Laven Jules Levy - Producer
Riz Ortolani - Composer
Tom Rolf - Editor
William W. Norton - Screen Writer
Sidney Shelley - Book Author
Michael Reed - Cinematographer
Tiny Nicholls - Costume Designer
Frank White - Production Designer

Stalag 17
    William Holden / NR / 1953
Grand Illusion [Special Edition & Subtitled]
    Jean Gabin / 1937
The Great Escape
    Steve McQueen / 1963
The Bridge on the River Kwai
    William Holden / PG / 1957