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Film · 10 connectionsFour prison inmates have been hatching a plan to literally dig out of jail when another prisoner, Claude Gaspard, is moved into their cell. They take a risk and share their plan with the newcomer. Over the course of three days, the prisoners and friends break through the concrete floor using a bed post and begin to make their way through the sewer system – yet their escape is anything but assured.
Directed byJacques Becker
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1956 · 101 min · Drama · Thriller
A captured French Resistance fighter during World War II engineers a daunting escape from prison.
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1954 · 95 min · Crime · Thriller
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1970 · 140 min · Crime · Drama · Thriller
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1962 · 108 min · Crime · Drama · Thriller
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1958 · 96 min · Adventure · Crime · Drama · Thriller
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1966 · 150 min · Action · Crime · Drama
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1968 · 107 min · Crime · Drama · Mystery
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1960 · 85 min · Crime · Drama · Thriller
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1970 · 93 min · Crime · Drama · Thriller
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