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 (as was often customary in the era). 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 (who would become a noted screenwriter and producer under his own name) and American novelist Stuart James.