The Great Escape

1963

2h 53m

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7.9/10

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The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocate them to a high-security 'escape-proof' camp to sit out the remainder of the war. Undaunted, the prisoners plan one of the most ambitious escape attempts of World War II. Based on a true story.

Directors

John Sturges

Writers

James Clavell(screenplay by)

Paul Brickhill(novel by)

W.R. Burnett(screenplay by)

Stars

Steve McQueen

James Garner

Richard Attenborough

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Steve McQueen

Hilts 'The Cooler King'

James Garner

Hendley 'The Scrounger'

Bartlett 'Big X'

Ramsey 'The SBO'

Danny 'Tunnel King'

Blythe 'The Forger'

Sedgwick 'Manufacturer'

Hannes Messemer

Von Luger 'The Kommandant'

David McCallum

Ashley-Pitt 'Dispersal'

Gordon Jackson

MacDonald 'Intelligence'

John Leyton

Willie 'Tunnel King'

Angus Lennie

Ives 'The Mole'

Nigel Stock

Cavendish 'The Surveyor'

Werner 'The Ferret'

Goff

Herr Kuhn

Stratwitch

Sorren

Directors

John Sturges

Writers

James Clavell(screenplay by)

Paul Brickhill(novel by)

W.R. Burnett(screenplay by)

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I can't watch this any more. It's a fun movie, one that my dad made me watch as a kid. One that I loved... .... and then Eddie Izzard killed it for me. Now whenever I try to watch it all I do is think about his stand-up bit. I think it was from his "Dressed to Kill," maybe "Circle," but whichever it was, that is how you know you're hysterical, when you forever utterly ruin a classic movie because your routine surpasses the film you're making fun of. Anyway, Izzard had a point, so it's fair I can't not think of him whenever I watch it. He turned Steve McQueen's character into a joke and I love him for it. But, if you haven't seen the stand-up, it's a fun movie. It's not as good as Stalag 13, but it's more of an action film and one that, well, Izzard had a point but it's still a fun movie.

GenerationofSwine10 Jan, 2023