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The Great Escape

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The Great Escape
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NR,2hrs 50min
Genres:
War,Action
Released:
July 4, 1963
Director:
John Sturges
Distributor:
United Artists
Starring:
Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough  ...more
Synopsis: The Great Escape is based on the true story of a group of Allied prisoners of war who managed to escape from an allegedly impenetrable Nazi prison camp during World War II. At the beginning of the film, the Nazis gather all their most devious and troublesome POWs and place them at a new prison camp, which was designed to be impervious to escapes. Immediately, the prisoners develop a scheme where they will leave the camp by building three separate escape tunnels. Richard Attenborough is the British ... Full Synopsis
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Bruce Eder, AMG Review
John Sturges' The Great Escape could easily be the most under-appreciated movie of its genre and decade, which may seem a strange thing to say about a movie that is one of the most popular World War II adventure films ever made. It not only defined the screen personae of Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough and much of the rest of the cast, but along with The Magnificent Seven represented ... Full Review
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Steve McQueen
"Cooler King" Hilts
James Garner
"The Scrounger" Hendley
Richard Attenborough
"Big X" Bartlett
James Donald
Senior Officer Ramsey
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