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Genres:
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Action /
Adventure /
Drama /
History /
Thriller /
War /
Music
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Release:
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Director:
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John Sturges
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Actors:
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Hannes Messemer,
John Leyton,
Angus Lennie,
Jud Taylor,
Robert Graf,
Steve McQueen,
James Garner,
Richard Attenborough,
James Donald,
Charles Bronson,
Donald Pleasence,
James Coburn,
David McCallum,
Gordon Jackson,
Nigel Stock
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Duration:
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172 min.
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Rating:
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(8.4/10)112.5
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Plot Summary:
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Based on a true story, "The Gigantic Escape" deals with the largest Allied escape attack from a German POW camp during the B Epoch War. The first part of the vapour focuses on the escape efforts within the camp and the of secretly digging an outpouring tunnel. The second half of the mist deals with the tremendous exploit by the German Gestapo to track down the over 70 escaped prisoners who are at this promontory throughout the Third Reich attempting to favour their begun to England and various disinterested countries.
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Tags:
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Pointless
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 nonchalant performance as the perennial thorn in the camp commandant's side. On the debit side, Coburn's 'A...
Great Escape, The
Pretty good but overlong POW adventure with a tragic ending that gave Steve McQueen his defining character.
Great Escape, The
"...THE Eager ESCAPE is the finest, all-gone away from enjoyable movie from that pot of Creation War Two, multi-star films..." -- 4 out of 5 stars
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