The Wooden Horse

The Wooden Horse
The Wooden Horse
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Directed by	Jack Lee
Written by	Eric Williams
Produced by	Ian Dalrymple
Starring	Leo Genn; David Tomlinson; Anthony Steel;
Cinematography	C. M. Pennington-Richards
Edited by	Peter Seabourne ; John Seabourne
Music by	Clifton Parker
Production; company	London Films
Distributed by	British Lion Film Corporation
Release date	16 October 1950;
Running time	101 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Languages	English ; German ; French ; Danish
Box office	£266,545 (UK)

The Wooden Horse is a 1950 British World War II war film directed by Jack Lee and starring Leo Genn, David Tomlinson and Anthony Steel. It is based on the book of the same name by Eric Williams, who also wrote the screenplay.^[2]

The film depicts the true events of an escape attempt made by POWs in the German prison camp Stalag Luft III. The wooden horse in the title of the film is a piece of exercise equipment the prisoners use to conceal their escape attempt as well as a reference to the Trojan Horse which was also used to conceal men within.

The Wooden Horse was shot in a low-key style, with a limited budget and a cast including many amateur actors.

^ Vincent Porter, 'The Robert Clark Account', Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol 20 No 4, 2000 p492
^ Williams, Eric, The Wooden Horse (Collins, 1949)

[1] Vincent Porter, 'The Robert Clark Account', Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol 20 No 4, 2000 p492

[2] Williams, Eric, The Wooden Horse (Collins, 1949)

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