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The Great Escape is a 1963 American epic war suspense adventure film [2] starring Steve McQueen, James Garner and Richard Attenborough and featuring James Donald, Charles Bronson, Donald Pleasence, James Coburn, Hannes Messemer, David McCallum, Gordon Jackson, John Leyton and Angus Lennie.
A classic war film based on a true story of Allied prisoners of war who plan to escape from a German camp during World War II. Starring Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough and more, the movie features thrilling scenes of tunneling, motorcycle chases and daring escapes.
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- Adventure, Drama, Thriller
- John Sturges
- 1963-07-04
- They Built Three Escape Tunnels: ‘Tom,’ ‘Dick’ and ‘Harry’
- Only 76 of The Planned 200 Prisoners Escaped
- Nazis Caught 73 Escapees—And Executed 50
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The secret operation was led and organized by Roger Bushell, a Royal Air Force pilot who had been shot down over France while assisting with the evacuation of Dunkirk. In the spring of 1943, Bushell and over 600 prisoners of war began building three tunnels with the code names of Tom, Dick and Harry. The plan called for each tunnel to stretch for m...
The Nazis eventually discovered the tunnel Tom and summoned photographers to chronicle their find before its demolition. While the Nazis celebrated their discovery, however, they were unaware that work on the two other underground passages continued. The prisoners eventually turned Dick into a storage space and focused all construction on Harry, wh...
The audacity and resourcefulness demonstrated by the Allied pilots was the stuff movies are made of, and the breakout was immortalized in the 1963 blockbuster The Great Escape, which starred Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, Charles Bronson and James Coburn. There was no Hollywood ending, however, for most of the 76 men who broke o...
Learn how 76 Allied airmen escaped from a Nazi POW camp in 1944 using three tunnels and forged documents. Discover the challenges, risks and outcomes of the audacious operation immortalized in the 1963 movie.
Imprisoned during World War II in a German POW camp, a group of Allied soldiers are intent on breaking out, not only to escape, but also to draw Nazi forces away from...
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- Steve Mcqueen
- John Sturges
- War, Drama
Allied prisoners of war plan for several hundred of their number to escape from a German camp during World War II.Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/...
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- Amazon MGM Studios
Allied prisoners of war plan for several hundred of their men to escape from a German camp during World War II. Based on a true story, a group of allied escape artist-type prisoners-of-war are all put in an "escape proof" camp.
A classic prison-break movie based on a true story of World War II, starring Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, James Garner, and more. Watch the film, listen to commentaries, and explore the real-life escape with documentaries and essays.
