The Great Escape
1963. USA. John Sturges. 172 min.
Sunday, December 24, 2006, 2:15 p.m.
Theater 1 (The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 1), T1
The Great Escape
1963. USA. Directed by John Sturges. The Mirisch Company/United Artists. Screenplay by James Clavell, W.R. Burnett. With Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, Charles Bronson. Thrilling from beginning to end, The Great Escape details the ingeniously planned, massive breakout of Allied POWs from Stalag Luft III, a German maximum-security camp. Screenwriters Clavell (Shogun, King Rat) and the great Burnett (Little Caesar, The Asphalt Jungle) combine finely rendered historical fact with pure Hollywood invention. 172 min.
In the Film exhibition Walter Mirisch
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