Directed by Peter MacDonald (The Extreme Adventures of Super Dave, Legionnaire, The NeverEnding Story III, Rambo III) and written by Gilbert Adler and AL Katz, this story finds a World War II traitor trapped in a prison camp, soon to be discovered by one of the men that he betrayed.

“Fall in! Did you hear me, maggot? I said fall in! I swear, you must be the sorriest bunch of sad sacks I ever did see. You’re a disgrace to the uniform, all of you! And you call yourself a scare force? What’s your problem soldier? You some kind of mummy’s boy?! That it? Hmm. I guess you think you’re like the man in tonight’s tale. He’s not much of a soldier either. It’s a nasty little shriek and destroy mission I call “Escape.””

Martin Kemp from Spandau Ballet plays the turncoat, Lt. Luger. Commander Major Nicholson (Roy Dotrice) puts him in with the German soldier to see if he’ll show his true colors. He just may, unless he can kill the soldier who knows all about him, Krupp (Nick Reding).

As you can see, the British episodes are more suspense and less horror.

This is based on “Escape” from Vault of Horror #16. It was written by William Gaines and Al Feldstein, who also drew it. That story has a man named Luger trying to switch places with a dead man to escape prison.