Serious Feather Arts with Brett Gregory

Movie Commentary: The Great Escape (Sturges, 1963)


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The Great Escape (1963)


Prison Drama/War


Allied officers in a German prisoner of war camp during World War II make a daring plan for a mass escape by hundreds of POWs hoping to draw German personnel and resources away from combat operations.


Director: John Sturges


Writers: Paul Brickhill, James Clavell, W.R. Burnett


Stars: Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough


Source - IMDb

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