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The Great Escape (1963)
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Allied POWs plan for several hundred of their number to escape from a German camp during World War II. Director:John Sturges |
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Cast
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| Steve McQueen | ... | ||
| James Garner | ... | ||
| Richard Attenborough | ... | ||
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James Donald | ... | |
| Charles Bronson | ... | ||
| Donald Pleasence | ... | ||
| James Coburn | ... | ||
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Hannes Messemer | ... | |
| David McCallum | ... | ||
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Gordon Jackson | ... | |
| John Leyton | ... | ||
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Angus Lennie | ... | |
| Nigel Stock | ... | ||
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Robert Graf | ... | |
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Jud Taylor | ... | |
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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 film 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 boats and trains and planes to get out of occupied Europe. Written by John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>
Plot Summary | Plot SynopsisTaglines:
A Glorious Saga Of The R.A.F. See more »Parents Guide:
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El gran escape See more »Box Office
Budget:
$4,000,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Ives: Ives.
[Strachwitz looks through his prisoner profiles]
Stratwitch: Ives... Ives... Oh, yes. Archibald Ives. Scot. The photograph doesn't do justice.
Ives: I'd like to see one of you under similar circumstances.
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Wally Floody, the real-life "Tunnel King" (he was transferred to another camp just before the escape), served as a consultant to the filmmakers, almost full-time, for more than a year. See more »Goofs
Factual errors: The film shows that the Germans discovered a tunnel located under a stove. The Germans actually did find one of the three tunnels, but it was located in a corner of hut 123. And in reality it was indeed the tunnel "Harry" located under a stove in hut 104 that was actually used by the airmen to escape. See more »Quotes
Stratwitch: Your name?Ives: Ives.
[Strachwitz looks through his prisoner profiles]
Stratwitch: Ives... Ives... Oh, yes. Archibald Ives. Scot. The photograph doesn't do justice.
Ives: I'd like to see one of you under similar circumstances.
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Referenced in "Whose Line Is It Anyway?: Series 2 Compilation 2 (#2.17)" (1990) See more »
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