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03/07/1963 Adventure, Drama, War 2h 53m
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Put a fence in front of these men... and they'll climb it!

Overview

The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocate them to a high-security 'escape-proof' camp to sit out the remainder of the war. Undaunted, the prisoners plan one of the most ambitious escape attempts of World War II. Based on a true story.

  1. John Sturges

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Steve McQueen

    Hilts 'The Cooler King'

  2. James Garner

    Hendley 'The Scrounger'

  3. Richard Attenborough

    Bartlett 'Big X'

  4. James Donald

    Ramsey 'The SBO'

  5. Charles Bronson

    Danny 'Tunnel King'

  6. Donald Pleasence

    Blythe 'The Forger'

  7. James Coburn

    Sedgwick 'Manufacturer'

  8. Hannes Messemer

    Von Luger 'The Kommandant'

  9. David McCallum

    Ashley-Pitt 'Dispersal'

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Reviews

A review by GenerationofSwine
Written by GenerationofSwine on 2023-01-10
I can't watch this any more. It's a fun movie, one that my dad made me watch as a kid. One that I loved...

.... and then Eddie Izzard killed it for me. Now whenever I try to watch it all I do is think about his stand-up bit. I think it was from his "Dressed to Kill," maybe "Circle," but whichever it was, that is how you know you're hysterical, when you forever utterly ruin a classic movie because your routine surpasses the film you're making fun of.

Anyway, Izzard had a point, so it's fair I can't not think of him whenever I watch it. He turned Steve McQueen's character into a joke and I...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$4,000,000.00

Revenue
$11,700,000.00

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