Robert Shaw as Wilson

 

Two RAF pilots, shot down during the war, are captured by an eccentric German and imprisoned in his cellar - for years, because he neglects to tell them when the war is over.

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Directed by Peter Wood

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Written by Robert Shaw

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Also starring Sean Connery, Max Adrian and Lloyd Pearson

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Air Date: October 11th 1960

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TX: 9.35pm - 11.05pm

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Station: Granada Television

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This was an adaptation of "The Hiding Place", the prize-winning first novel by the actor, Robert Shaw. Shaw did the adaptation himself, and played a leading role, but the title was changed to avoid confusion with the then-current ITV police series, "No Hiding Place". Shaw's novel had been adapted already for American TV, and was later the basis for a feature film, but he had nothing to do with either version.

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