The Great Escape
The Great Escape
Allied officers in a German prisoner of war camp during World War II make a daring plan for a mass escape by hundreds of POWs hoping to draw German personnel and resources away from combat operations.
匚卂尺ㄥ reviewedFebruary 2, 2025
Although a little Hollywoodised if that is a word, the story is very good, sometimes the acting is a little over the top. The strange thing is that the two main stars McQueen and Garner although played two important parts and were billed above Attenborough they never actually played a part in the digging of the tunnels, Garner supplying the escape items he had scrounged and McQueen getting the information on the surrounding countryside for the escape. Also no Americans actually took pace in the escape, they were in the camp and their characters helped as described above, but all Americans were moved from that camp to another camp before the escape took place. Apparently to sell the movie to the cinema going Americans the two actors McQueen and Graner were give major roles