The Seventh Cross

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The Seventh Cross ★★★ 1944

Tracy stars as one of seven men who escape from a German concentration camp. When it is discovered they're gone, the commandant nails seven crosses to seven trees, intending them for the seven escapees. Watch for Tandy (“Driving Miss Daisy”) in her first screen appearance. Effective wartime drama. From the novel by Anna Seghers. 110m/B VHS . Spencer Tracy, Signe Hasso, Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, Agnes Moorehead, Herbert Rudley, Felix Bressart, Ray Collins, Alexander Granach, George Macready, Steven Geray, Karen Verne, George Zucco, Katherine Locke, Paul Guilfoyle, Kurt Katch, Konstantin Shayne, John Wengraf, Eily Malyon; D: Fred Zinnemann; W: Helen Deutsch; C: Karl Freund; M: Roy Webb.

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