The Great Escape (movie)
| The Great Escape | |
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| Directed by | John Sturges |
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| Based on | The Great Escape by Paul Brickhill |
| Produced by | John Sturges |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Daniel L. Fapp |
| Edited by | Ferris Webster |
| Music by | Elmer Bernstein |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 172 minutes |
| Country | United States |
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| Budget | $3.8 million[1] |
| Box office | $11.7 million |
The Great Escape is a 1963 American war movie. It is about an escape by Allied prisoners of war from a German POW camp during World War II. The movie stars Steve McQueen, James Garner, Donald Pleasence, Charles Bronson, James Coburn, and Richard Attenborough. It got positive reviews from critics.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Balio, Tino (1987). United Artists: The Company That Changed the Film Industry. University of Wisconsin Press. p. 174. ISBN 978-0-299-11440-4.
Other websites
[change | change source]- The Great Escape on IMDb
- The Great Escape at the TCM Movie Database
- The Great Escape at AllMovie
- The Great Escape at the American Film Institute Catalog
- The Great Escape at Box Office Mojo
Categories:
- 1963 movies
- 1963 adventure movies
- 1963 drama movies
- 1963 war movies
- American adventure movies
- 1960s American drama movies
- American prison movies
- American war movies
- 1960s English-language movies
- German-language movies
- Movies based on real life events
- Movies about Nazi Germany
- Movies set in concentration camps
- Movies set in Germany
- Movies set in the 1940s
- Multilingual movies
- Prison drama movies
- World War II movies
- Movies directed by John Sturges