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Seven Thunders (1957)

Seven Thunders poster
Directed by
Hugo Fregonese
Genre
drama film, war film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 40m
Rating
5.5 of 10 from 13 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two prisoners of war escape and try to survive in Nazi-occupied Marseille. They face danger and betrayal as they seek shelter and freedom.

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What happens

Seven Thunders (US title: The Beasts of Marseilles) is a 1957 black and white British film regarding Marseille in the Second World War. It was directed by Hugo Fregonese and starring Stephen Boyd, James Robertson Justice, Kathleen Harrison, Tony Wright and Anna Gaylor. It is about two escaped prisoners of war and is based on a novel of the same name by the writer Rupert Croft-Cooke. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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