The McKenzie Break [Blu-ray]

Director: Lamont Johnson Lamont Johnson

Overview

Kapitan Schieutter (Helmut Griem) is the Nazi commandant confined to a British prisoner of war camp in Scotland in this suspenseful escape drama. He is the prototypical Hitler youth who has risen to U boat commander. He keeps the prisoners loose and his captors off guard by staging plays, singing songs and doing group exercises with all the enthusiasm of a summer camp counselor. Schieutter waits for the right moment to plan his escape and rendezvous with Nazi submarines off the coast of Scotland. Captain Jack Connor (Brian Keith) is the former Irish crime reporter now working for British intelligence. Jack tries to warn the camp commander Major Perry (Ian Hendry) that things at the camp are not what they seem to be and a revolt is possible. Perry is reluctant to clamp down on the Nazis fearing reprisals for British officers in Nazi prison camps. Schieutter orchestrates the destruction of a barracks in which a dozen of his own men die in order to create a diversion. Connor and Schieutter play a cerebral game of cat and mouse as the Irishman tries to stop the escape.

Product Details

Release Date:	05/05/2015
UPC:	0738329161224
Original Release:	1970
Rating:	PG
Source:	Kl Studio Classics
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[DTS 5.1-Channel Surround Sound]
Language:	English
Time:	1:48:00
Sales rank:	35,135

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Brian Keith	Capt. Jack Connor
Helmut Griem	Kapitan Schluetter
Ian Hendry	Maj. Perry
Jack Watson	Gen. Kerr
Horst Janson	Neuchl
Patrick O'Connell	Sgt. Maj. Cox
Alexander Allerson	Von Sperrle
John Abineri	Kranz
Constantin de Goguel	Lt. Hall
Tom Kempinski	Schmidt
Eric Allan	Hochbauer
Caroline Mortimer	Sgt. Bell
Mary Larkin	Cpl. Watt
Gregg Palmer	Berger
Michael Sheard	Unger
Ingo Mogendorf	Fullgrabe
Franz van Norde	Dichter
Desmond Perry	Accomplice
Jim Mooney	Guard Foss
Vernon Hayden	Scottish Dispatcher,Holtz
Maura Kelly	Scots Lassie,Adjutant
Noel Purcell	Ferry Captain
Paddy Robinson	Pilot
Robert Somerset	Guard
Des Keogh	Guard
Barry Cassin	Guard Jones
Denis Latimer	Lt. Everett
Conor Evans	Orderly Joss
Stephen Good	Paisley
Brendan Mathews	Guard
Emmet Bergin	Orderly Johnston
John Kavanagh	Police Inspector
Joe Pilkington	Police Communications Sergeant
Mark Mulholland	Skipper
Martin Dempsey	Colonel
Alec Doran	Police Official
Paul Murphy	Weber
Eric Allen	Actor
Riz Ortolani	Composer

Technical Credits

William W. Norton

Lamont Johnson	Director
William W. Norton	Screenwriter
Thomas 'Knobby' Clark	Special Effects
Arthur Gardner	Producer
Arnold Laven	Producer
Jules Levy	Producer