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The Great Escape (1963)

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Original title: Great Escape, The

Directed by
John Sturges

Written by
Paul Brickhill, James Clavell

Cast
Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, James Donald, Charles Bronson [more]


DVD Release Date
• R1: Mar 31, 1998
• R2: 1 Feb 2000

Budget $4,000,000

Running Time
2 hours, 52 minutes

Country USA

Production Companies
The Mirisch Corporation

Studio United Artists

More info on IMDb.com

Other Titles
• Gesprengte Ketten (1963)
• The Great Escape (1963)



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 Trivia from The Great Escape (1963)
1
Theatrical release: August 8, 1963.

  60% (15 votes)
2
Shooting location: Bavaria, Germany.

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3
Donald Pleasence, the Forger, was an RAF wireless operator during the war, serving time in a German POW camp after his Lancaster was shot down.

  60% (15 votes)
4
Walt Floody, the actual Tunnel King, was a technical adviser on the film.

  60% (15 votes)
5
The famous barbed-wire scene that made Steve McQueen's career was done by his friend, stuntman Bud Elkins, with one of the Triumph 600s used in the film.

  60% (15 votes)


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