The Seventh Cross
“His greatest role!”
In Nazi Germany in 1936 seven men escape from a concentration camp. The camp commander puts up seven crosses and, as the Gestapo returns each escapee he is put to death on a cross. The seventh cross is still empty as George Heisler attempts an escape to freedom in Holland.
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Cast
31 people
Spencer Tracy
George Heisler
Known for
Judgment at Nuremberg
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Signe Hasso
Toni
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A Double Life
Heaven Can Wait
Hume Cronyn
Paul Roeder
Known for
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Cocoon
Jessica Tandy
Liesel Roeder
Known for
The Birds
Driving Miss Daisy
Agnes Moorehead
Madame Marelli
Known for
Bewitched
Citizen Kane
Herbert Rudley
Franz Marnet
Known for
The Court Jester
The Bravados
Felix Bressart
Poldi Schlamm
Known for
To Be or Not to Be
The Shop Around the Corner
Ray Collins
Wallau
Known for
Citizen Kane
Perry Mason
Alexander Granach
Zillich
Known for
Nosferatu
Ninotchka
Katherine Locke
Frau Hedy Sauer
Known for
The Sound of Fury
People Will Talk
George Macready
Bruno Sauer
Known for
Paths of Glory
Gilda
Paul Guilfoyle
Fiedler
Known for
Apache
Mighty Joe Young
Fred Zinnemann Director · Helen Deutsch Screenplay Anna Seghers Author
Worldwide gross $3.6M · Budget $1.3M · United States release July 24, 1944
Box office
Budget
$1,300,000
Worldwide gross
$3,600,000
Gross vs. budget
2.8×
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Spanish
Release dates
United States · July 24, 1944
Theatrical
XC
July 17, 1953 · Theatrical
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