GREAT ESCAPE (MOVIE) - BLU-CRITERION COLLECTION

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• Release Year: 1963
• Genre: Adventure, Drama
• Plot: One of the most exciting adventure tales ever told, this action epic recounts the planning, execution, and aftermath of a daring true-life escape from a German prisoner-of-war camp during World War II, in which 250 men attempted to tunnel their way to freedom. In the role that cemented his superstar status, Steve McQueen plays the motorcycle-racing daredevil who sets out to foil the Nazis, alongside an all-star cast that includes Charles Bronson, James Coburn, James Garner, and Donald Pleasence. The expert direction of John Sturges, eminently hummable Elmer Bernstein score, and rip-roaring stunts come together in what may just be the most spectacularly entertaining prison-break movie of all time, a rousing ode to the determination, camaraderie, and courage of everyday heroes.
• Cast: Steve McQueen, Tom Adams, Heinz Weiss, Til Kiwe, Robert Desmond, Lawrence Montaigne, George Mikell, Ulrich Beiger, Robert Freitag, William Russell, Harry Riebauer, Jud Taylor, Robert Graf, Nigel Stock, Hans Reiser, John Leyton, Arthur Atkinson, Karl-Otto Alberty, Angus Lennie, Richard Attenborough, James Donald, Charles Bronson, James Garner, James Coburn, Hannes Messemer, David McCallum, Gordon Jackson, Donald Pleasence, John Sturges, W.R. Burnett, Paul Brickhill, James Clavell, Daniel L. Fapp, Ferris Webster, Elmer Bernstein
• Director: John Sturges
• Runtime: 2:52
• Company: The Mirisch Company, Criterion Collection
• Media Format: Movie