Target Unknown
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| Directed by | George Sherman |
| Produced by | Aubrey Schenck |
| Written by | Harold Medford |
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| Music by | Joseph Gershenson |
| Cinematography | Maury Gertsman |
| Edited by | Frank Gross |
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| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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90 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Target Unknown (aka Prisoner of War) is a 1951 American war film directed by George Sherman starring Mark Stevens, Alex Nicol and Robert Douglas. An American bomber crew are forced to bail out over Occupied France in 1944 and are captured by the Germans who subject them to strenuous interrogation. The film begins with a written foreword that reads: "In the making of this picture, the cooperation of the Department of Defense and the United States Air Force is gratefully acknowledged."
In 1944, at an United States Army Air Forces {USAAF) air base in England, Capt. James M. "Steve" Stevens (Mark Stevens} and his Martin B-26 Marauder bomber crew are assigned to a second bombing mission of the day. The men are exhausted both physically and emotionally because the squadron has been repeatedly attacked by the enemy, possibly because someone has leaked information about the raids.
The men have ben warned that the Germans have clever and insidious ways of extracting vital information from downed flyers. Over their target, however, their bomber is attacked and bombardier Russ Johnson (James Young) is killed. The rest of the crew, Steve, co-pilot Sgt. Frank Crawford (Johnny Sands) and gunners Sgt. Alfred Mitchell (Alex Nicol) and Sgt. Ralph G. Phelps (James Best) who is wounded, are forced to parachute out of the aircraft.
Steve and Al find each other on the ground but are promptly captured by German soldiers and brought to a "holding area" to prepare them for a German prisoner-of-war camp. There, they are greeted by a Red Cross representative, but Steve notices that the form asks for excessive information and both Americans refuse to fill it out.
Nazi intelligence officer Col. Von Broeck (Robert Douglas) then analyzes the little data he has and discovers clues to their personalities, including Steve's intelligence and Al's loyalty to Steve. Next, intelligence officer Capt. Fred Reiner (Gig Young), an American, visits Lt. Webster (Don Taylor), another prisoner, and, by lying that he is an Allied sympathizer has Webster reveal that Ralph is from Atlanta.
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