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The Great Escape (1963)  link to The Great Escape on IMDb  link to trailer on IMDb

Number: 1614

poster The Great Escape

IMDb Rating:
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8.2/10 (201384 votes)

Country: USA, 172 minutes

Spoken Languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Russian

Genre(s):

Director(s): John Sturges

Storyline:
Based on a true story, a group of allied escape artist-type prisoners-of-war are all put in an "escape proof" camp. Their leader decides to try to take out several hundred all at once. The first half of the movie is played for comedy, as the prisoners mostly outwit their jailers to dig the escape tunnel. The second half is high adventure as they use planes, trains, and boats to get out of occupied Europe.

Cast:

photo Steve McQueen Steve McQueen Hilts 'The Cooler King'
photo James Garner James Garner Hendley 'The Scrounger'
photo Richard Attenborough Richard Attenborough Bartlett 'Big X'
photo James Donald James Donald Ramsey 'The SBO'
photo Charles Bronson Charles Bronson Danny 'Tunnel King'

Medium: Media file,

Location: [Klingon]H:\Victor's Movies\The Great Escape.mkv

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 2.35:1