Lieutenant Hart is a senator's son and he has never seen the front, until he was supposed to drive someone back to their unit. When the car was attacked and he was taken prisoner by the Germans. He was interrogated for three days then put on a prisoner of war train. On the way to the POW camp some ally airplanes bomb the trains thinking they were German soldier, until the POWs got out and spelled out POW so they wouldn't continue shooting at them. At the camp Lieutenant Hart was put into the barracks full of enlisted men instead of the officer's barracks. The arrival of two Lieutenant African American pilots brings trouble, especially since nobody wants them there. The two get put in the same tent as Hart, so he can make sure that no one harrasses them.
One of the African American men, Lieutenant Archer gets framed for stealling a weapon and is killed for it. A couple days later at night the other African American man, Lieutenant Scott slips out of his tent to follow Bedford the man who frame Lieutenant Archer. Instead he is found standing over his dead body and is accused of killing Bedford. He gets a trial and Hart is appointed as his defence attorney and has to prove he didn't kill him. The German Colonial gives him an American court manual, to help him win the case. Hart figures out there is more than meets the eye in this case, as he discovers that a white man who had either soot or shoe polish on his face killed him, because of the smudges on Bedford's face. Later on Lieutenant Hart finds a tunnel under the officer's barracks, and figures out that most men are planning to escape and are using the trial as a diversion. He also realizes that the American Colonial was the one who killed Bedford. The last day of the trial Hart says he killed Bedford just so Lieutenant Scott doesn't get killed. The Germans realizes that they are short 35 prisoners and order all the guys who particiapted in the court to be killed until the American Colonial returns and takes full responisbility for everything and is killed. Three months later the Germans surendered, and the camp was liberated because the war ended.
I thought the movie wasn't that bad. I like how the movie shows how it is like in some POW camps. It also shows and tells how bad African Americans were treated even if they helped with fighting in the war and deserved respect.
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Well done!