Based on a true story, "The Great Escape" deals with the largest Allied escape attempt from a German POW camp during the Second World War. The first part of the film focuses on the escape efforts within the camp and the process of secretly digging an escape tunnel. The second half of the film deals with the massive effort by the German Gestapo to track down the over 70 escaped prisoners who are a... t this point throughout the Third Reich attempting to make their way to England and various neutral countries.
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Thought the film was very good but the bonus features disc, to me, was pointless. Returned the disc the day after I received, didn't realise it was on my list.
Great Escape, The Steve McQueen is brilliantly opaque in this ace war film, about a mass breakout from Stalag Luft - with classic motorcycle chase sequence featuring the great man himself. The all-star ensemble includes James
Coburn, Richard Attenborough, Charles Bronson, Donald Pleasence and James Garner
This immensely entertaining WWII story about a group of Allied officers' attempt to escape from a German POW camp is based on a true story, even though much of it must have been twisted out of recognition. But with Hollywood storytelling of this quality, who's complaining?
Most memorable is McQueen as the Captain Virgil Hilts, 'The Cooler King', turning in a typically nonchal...
Great Escape, The
Pretty good but overlong POW adventure with a tragic ending that gave Steve McQueen his defining role.
Great Escape, The
"...THE GREAT ESCAPE is the finest, all-out entertaining movie from that pot of World War Two, multi-star films..." -- 4 out of 5 stars
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