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 |
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| Cinematography | Daniel L. Fapp |
| Edited by | Ferris Webster |
| Music by | Elmer Bernstein |
Production company | The Mirisch 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 where the Wehrmacht’s regular Luftwaffe Air Force and the SS and Gestapo become rivals what to do with escaped prisoners of war that a allied military pilots . The movie stars Steve McQueen, James Garner, Donald Pleasence, Charles Bronson, James Coburn, and Richard Attenborough. It got positive reviews from critics.
References
- ↑ Balio, Tino (1987). United Artists: The Company That Changed the Film Industry. University of Wisconsin Press. p. 174. ISBN 978-0-299-11440-4.