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Adventure, Drama, War, History
John Sturges
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Steve McQueen
James Garner
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Essential Collection - 1963
Josh the cat's Prison Break out

Great Escape, The

(1963)
111 reviews
Film rated 4.7 / 5  (Chick rating: 4.8 / 5)  (Guy rating: 4.7 / 5)
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Blind prisoner's unPleasence experience.
ChocolateLady 
  Vote (5)   
Allies dig long tunnel.
MelissaS 
  Vote (1)   
McQueen attempts bike jump.
Josh the cat 
  Vote    
McQueen's cooler head prevails.
Canklefish 
  Vote    
Tunneling tough guy's claustrophobic.
kolo 
  Vote    
Nazis kill mass breakout.
Josh the cat 
  Vote (3)   
'Chicken Run' without feathers.
noncentz 
  Vote (3)   
Moving dummies fool nazi's.
Josh the cat 
  Vote (3)   
Bronson's corporial tunnel syndrome.
noncentz 
  Vote (3)   
McQueen makes motorcycle mayhem.
kolo 
  Vote    
POWs create underground movement.
kolo 
  Vote (2)   
McQueen becomes 'cooler' king.
Josh the cat 
  Vote (2)   
King Cool: Cooler King.
Rovark 
  Vote (7)   
Tom, Dick, Harry fail.
Puzzgal 
  Vote (1)   
McQueen digs POW camp.
AC 
  Vote (3)   
Garner garners camp contraband.
kolo 
  Vote    
P(retty)O(rganized)W(ar)S(aga)
kolo 
  Vote    
James Garners necessary equipment.
kolo 
  Vote (3)   
McQueen's cooler than most.
Canklefish 
  Vote (7)   
McQueen's a cool(er) ballplayer.
kolo 
  Vote    
Tunnel length fatally miscalculated.
Koli 
  Vote    
Cooler king rides away.
The Other Matt 
  Vote (1)   
McQueen bounces out.
BaftaBaby 
  Vote (3)   
Gordon Jackson cocks up.
Bodie 
  Vote    
Nazi's didn't find Dick.
To me, to you 
  Vote (8)   
German question, English answer.
Beanmimo 
  Vote (11)   
Dim Nazi's spill coffee.
Nasher 
  Vote (1)   
POWs soil their pants.
Markandlain 
  Vote (36)   
Tea without milk, Roger.
DC 
  Vote    
Captured McQueen's 'Groundhog Day'!
Stacky 
  Vote    
McQueen despises Nazi digs.
veloc 
  Vote (1)   
Cool Steve McQueen Kneivel.
Jymkata 
  Vote (1)   
Escapism at it's best.
dlanod 
  Vote (7)   
Nazis, tunnels, motorbike, McQueen.
big g 
  Vote (2)   
Tunnels, dirt, running about.
Ian 
  Vote (1)   
Claustrophobic Bronson jeopardizes breakout.
Yenser 
  Vote    
POWs dig prison time!
josh 
  Vote    
Richard Attenburrow.
demonic 
  Vote (10)   
Escaping prisoner gets recaptured.
davey_t 
  Vote    
3/76 ain't that great!
Greystone 
  Vote (6)   
Escapees face 'mole' allegations.
Koli 
  Vote    
Inmates improvise internment outing.
Chopper 
  Vote (1)   
McQueen's Barb Wire Entrapment.
Koli 
  Vote    
Brits shot, Americans not.
Ncik 
  Vote    
Don't escape this film!
Rob 
  Vote    
'Chicken Run' with humans.
Ed 
  Vote (1)   
McQueen nearly makes it.
Anonymous  
  Vote (1)   
Ornithologist-forger goes blind.
rri1 
  Vote    
McQueen is Knievel prototype.
golem100 
  Vote    
Grounded pilots fly again.
rockfsh 
  Vote (4)   
Pleasence: Birdman of Stalag.
LimeTime 
  Vote (1)   
Tunnel visionaries dig out.
lemmycaution 
  Vote (15)   
Plan cool, McQueen cooler.
Markandlain 
  Vote (2)   
Steve McQueen gets Cooler.
Conan The Westy 
  Vote (8)   
McQueen hits a snag.
Downtown 
  Vote (2)   
McQueen is cooler king.
Paul Bennison 
  Vote (5)   
Many men get out.
Jespah 
  Vote (1)   
Greatest caper annually broadcast.
SixFourian 
  Vote (21)   
Big name war caper.
Optic Poppa 
  Vote    
McQueen's stunts win war.
Stone Junction 
  Vote (1)   
McQueen cools out.
MguyX 
  Vote (3)   
Steve McQueen's greatest ride!
vickyeblue 
  Vote    
Precursor of 'Hogan's Heroes'.
Conan The Westy 
  Vote    
POWs have tunnel vision.
Chris C 
  Vote (29)   
Danny has narrow escape.
SixFourian 
  Vote (8)   
Blind forger wings it.
Andrew 
  Vote (1)   
Man thanks Nazi, caught.
shoon 
  Vote (2)   
McQueen plays with ball.
thefoxboy 
  Vote (5)   
McQueen plays ball indoors.
Badbart 
  Vote    
Inventive PoWs clear off.
cormac 
  Vote    
Runaway hit nixes Nazis.
Benager 
  Vote    
Garner scrounges illegal stuff.
jd 
  Vote    
'Escape proof' theory trashed.
Mark8884 
  Vote    
McQueen often visits 'cooler'.
Deluxe 
  Vote (1)   
Dig McQueen. McQueen digs.
Ken 
  Vote (1)   
McQueen escapes, it's great.
Gazza's mate 
  Vote (1)   
Blofeld; keen Bird Watcher.
Earnest Scribbler 
  Vote    
Tunnel King has claustrophobia.
Earnest Scribbler 
  Vote    
McQueen's bike bedevils Nazis.
randall 
  Vote (2)   
Good escape. Crap getaway.
Victim 
  Vote (4)   
Nazis Xecute 'Big X'.
Earnest Scribbler 
  Vote    
Blofeld goes Blind.
Earnest Scribbler 
  Vote    
Prision escapees caught, killed.
No 
  Vote (2)   
Yanks' booze boffs POWs.
randall 
  Vote (1)   
Escapes on Japanese bike!
AJ 
  Vote (1)   
McQueen impersonates Evel Kneivel.
bennyr81 
  Vote    
Ball, wall, glove, hand.
Debbie Gibson 
  Vote (2)   
Great Escapism.
MM0rkeleb 
  Vote (20)   
Nazis execute prison escapees.
Alan Smithee 
  Vote (3)   
Freedom frustration frequents flyers.
Woeg 
  Vote (1)   
McQueen gets over wire.
Will_I_Am 
  Vote    
Tunnelling biker escapes Nazis.
Juju 
  Vote    
McQueen escapes the Germans.
Whippersnapper. 
  Vote (5)   
Attenborough harass' the enemy.
Frankie 
  Vote (1)   
Tom, Dick or Harry?
Legolas999 
  Vote    
Ironically claustrophobic Tunnel King!
redPen 
  Vote (2)   
Stalag dwellers earn unstripes.
clay 
  Vote    
McQueen goes underground.
bife 
  Vote (3)   
Can they dig it?
MM64 
  Vote (22)   
Germany's escape problems compounded.
Whippersnapper. 
  Vote (3)   
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