- HD 1080
- Runtime: 74m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: Philip Leacock
- Stars: Doug McClure, René Auberjonois, Richard Basehart, Chuck Connors, Max Baer Jr.
- keywords: escape, castle, glider, pow escape
- Production_studio: Universal Television, Silverton Productions
- Slogan: They used to boast there were only two ways to escape from Hitler's Beckstadt prison... to die...or to sprout wings
- The The Birdmen is featured in the top rankings of 1973
- #18 in Top Drama Movies of 1973
- #1 in Top War Movies of 1973
During WWII an American soldier sent to Norway to help with the escape of a scientist working on the atomic bomb for the Germans. Before they can escape they are captured and sent to a POW prison camp in an alpine castle. Cook must find a way to escape with the scientist before the Gestapo discover the Norwegian's true identity and convinces the other prisoners to build a two person glider in which they plan to escape.
