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The Great Escape (1963)  link to The Great Escape on IMDb  

Number: 1550

poster The Great Escape

IMDb Rating:
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8.2/10 (182818 votes)

Country: USA, 172 minutes

Spoken Languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Russian

Genre(s): Adventure, Drama, History, Thriller, War

Director(s): Giorgio Serafini

Video Codec: Unknown

Storyline:
Based on a true story, a group of allied escape artist-type prisoners-of-war (POWs) 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.

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Cast:

photo Steve McQueen Steve McQueen Hilts 'The Cooler King'
photo James Garner James Garner Hendley 'The Scrounger'
photo Richard Attenborough Richard Attenborough Bartlett 'Big X'
photo James Donald James Donald Ramsey 'The SBO'
photo Charles Bronson Charles Bronson Danny 'Tunnel King'

Medium: Digital Copy,

Location: F:\Films\The Great Escape\The Great Escape.mkv

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 2.35:1