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The Great Escape 1963 4 stars

    N/R, 168 min.
Genre: Adventure / Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: John Sturges
Cast: Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, Charles Bronson, James Donald, Donald Pleasence, James Coburn, David McCallum, Gordon Jackson, Nigel Stock, Hannes Messemer, John Leyton, Angus Lennie, Robert Graf, Jud Taylor

  This is one of the best war movies ever made. It takes place in a P.O.W. camp into which the Germans have placed all the troublemakers. P.O.W. Bartlett (Richard Attenborough) plans one more escape, and even the loner, Capt. Hilts (Steve McQueen), becomes involved in its execution.

Cast
Steve McQueen	Capt. Hilts
James Garner	Flight Lt. Hendley
Richard Attenborough	Squadron Leader Bartlett
Charles Bronson	Flight Lt. Danny Velinski
James Donald	Group Capt. Ramsey
Donald Pleasence	Flight Lt. Colin Blythe
James Coburn	Officer Louis Sedgwick
David McCallum	LCdr. Eric Ashley-Pitt
Gordon Jackson	Flight Lt. Sandy MacDonald
Nigel Stock	Flight Lt. Denys Cavendish
Hannes Messemer	Col. von Luger
John Leyton	Flight Lt. William Dickes
Angus Lennie	Flight Officer Archibald Ives
Robert Graf	Werner
Jud Taylor	Goff

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