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...
Paul Newman
Sylva Koscina
Andrew Duggan
Tom Bosley
John Williams
Charles Gray
Vito Scotti
Jacques Roux
Werner Peters
James Gregory
Fabrizio Mioni
Johnny Haymer
Norman Fell
Buck Henry
Horst Ebersberg
Richard X. Slattery
George Ives
Philippe Mareuil