The Enemy General

The Enemy General is a 1960 American drama war film directed by George Sherman and starring Van Johnson.
The film was shot on location in Europe.

Plot

The setting is World War II. An Office of [Strategic Services] agent, working with the French Resistance, ambushes a Nazi convoy with a high-ranking general, who escapes. Later they take him from a Nazi prison and smuggle him to England.

Cast

Van Johnson as Captain Allan Lemaire
Jean-Pierre Aumont as Lionel Durand
Dany Carrel as Lisette
John Van Dreelen as SS-Gruppenführer Ernest Bruger
Françoise Prévost as Nicole
Hubert Noël as Claude
Jacques Marin as Marceau
Gérard Landry as Navarre
Edward Fleming as Sergeant Allen
Paul Bonifas as Mayor
Paul Muller as Major Zughoff
Novelization

A novelization of the screenplay was issued by Monarch Books in May 1960—about two months in advance of the film's release. The by-line was given as "Dan Pepper & Max Gareth". Both names were pseudonyms. "Dan Pepper", also credited as co-screenwriter, was a joint pseudonym for Lou Morheim and American novelist Stuart James.