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AMUSEMENTS lIMAYFAIR ’ Phone 79-89711 11 Direction; Amalgamated Theatres. Ltd.|| (CENTRAL HEATING) N.Z. PREMIERE DAILY! 2, 8 “It is Impossible to Escape From Colditz Castle” So boasted the Nazi Commandant of Germany’s most amazing Prisoner of War Campl NOW, London Films’ present suspense, thrills and laughter, as with devilish cunning, and high, wide and wicked humour Allied Prisoners proved the Commandant WRONG! I P. R. REID’S Famous Best-seller on the Screen “THE COLDITZ STORY" “THE COLDITZ STORY” “THE COLDITZ STORY” (Approved for Universal Exhibition) Starring JOHN MILLS JOHN MILLS Tops his “Hobson’s Choice” performance in a battle of wits with his captors in Colditz Co-starring ERIC PORTMAN Brian Forbes Christopher Rhodes Richard Wattis, Lionel Jefferies And a supporting Cast of Top Players Escape with us into a new realm of realistic, heart-stopping and often HILARIOUS entertainment, as the exciting pages of Pat Reid's book are unfolded on the screen! COLDITZ, GERMANY, Escape-proof Castle here were gathered the sporting British, the flamboyant French, the stolid Dutch, the sardonic Poles Escape Experts ALL determined to try again by night or by day We guarantee that NEVER has a more entertaining film beery made out of such a colourful set of characters in search of an exit, and exits there are in plenty . . Some <iug tunnels, other investigated drains, a R.A.F. type smuggles himself out in a mattress, a cheeky Frenchman leaps over the wire in full view of the guards, the undaunted spirit of these men is exhilarating and every astonishing ’’YOU’D-NEVER-BELIE VE-IT-COULD HAPPEN” incident is true! Of course, “THE COLDITZ STORY" is not all hair-raisingaction, there’s lighthearted and quite HILARIOUS moments Too’ ALL IN ALL—’IT’S A WINNER THAT MUST NOT ESCAPE YOU." —London “Daily Mirror” RESERVES NOW OPEN AT DXC Also screening Magnificent Featurette—wWest Country Journey” Depicting DEVON and CORNWALL tn Glorious Colour

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