The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocates 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.
The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocates 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.
Steve McQueen
as Captain Hilts
James Garner
as Flight Lt. Hendley
Richard Attenborough
as Roger Bartlett
Charles Bronson
as Flight Lt. Danny Velinski
James Donald
as Group Capt. Ramsey "The SBO"
Donald Pleasence
as Flight Lt. Colin Blythe "The Forger"
James Coburn
as Flying Officer Louis Sedgwick "The Manufacturer"
Hannes Messemer
as Kommandant von Luger
David McCallum
as Lt. Cmdr. Eric Ashley-Pitt "Dispersal"
Gordon Jackson
as Flight Lt. Sandy MacDonald "Intelligence"
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Review of The Great Escape 1963
Ok, to make things straight. I'm not a great fan of war movies. Or, to make it more clear, I haven't been a big fan of them, until I've seen two wonderful movies with a war theme in one month. The first one was Dirty Dozen and the second was this jewel, one of the best movies I've ever seen, with a
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