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Richard Attenborough, Steve McQueen, and James Garner in The Great Escape (1963)

Parents guide

The Great Escape

Content rating

  • Sex & Nudity:
    None
  • Violence & Gore:
    Mild
  • Profanity:
    Mild
  • Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking:
    Mild
  • Frightening & Intense Scenes:
    Moderate

Sex & Nudity

None
61 of 71 found this to have none
Actor Charles Bronson is seen in a brief shower sequence (the shower trap cleverly hides a tunnel shaft), but he is not visible from the waist down.

Violence & Gore

Mild
35 of 58 found this mild
A man crashes through three bunks on a bed.
A man crashes his motorcycle into barbed wire, showing some cuts and scrapes.
There is also some motorcycle accidents.
There are scenes where men are killed by gunfire.
Nazi soldiers are shot in a drive-by shooting while they are sitting at a cafe. Brief but violent.

Profanity

Mild
31 of 51 found this mild
11 use of 'Bloody' and 2 uses of "For God's sake"
Brief mild language, such as "damn" and "hell."
Some uses of "kraut".

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

Mild
38 of 50 found this mild
Some cigarette smoking by the Germans
Contains some scenes involving tobacco use.
There is also one scene involving moonshine.
There is a reference to "getting good and stoned" but it is referring to getting drunk, not high.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

Moderate
27 of 52 found this moderate
The escape and capture scenes are intense.

Certifications

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  • Argentina
    • Atp
  • Australia
    • PG
    • Goriginal rating
  • Brazil
    • 12
  • Canada
    • PGOntario
  • Denmark
    • 11
  • Finland
    • K-16original rating
    • K-122021, re-rating
  • France
    • Tous publics
  • Iceland
    • 12
  • India
    • U
  • Ireland
    • Goriginal rating
    • PG2002, re-rating
  • Israel
    • ALLself-applied
  • Italy
    • T
  • Japan
    • G2009
  • Netherlands
    • 12
    • 14orginal rating
  • New Zealand
    • G
  • Norway
    • 12VOD
    • 161963
  • Philippines
    • PG-13video rating
  • Poland
    • b.o.self-applied
  • Portugal
    • M/12
  • Singapore
    • PG
  • South Africa
    • A
  • South Korea
    • 12
  • Spain
    • 13
    • 122013, re-rating
  • Sweden
    • 15
  • United Kingdom
    • PG
    • Ucut
    • PGuncut version
  • United States
    • Approvedcertificate #20399
    • TV-PGTV rating
  • United Arab Emirates
    • Gself-applied
  • West Germany
    • 12f

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