The Great Escape
February 7, 2012The Great Escape
Call Number: DVD00882
by: Steve McQueen; James Garner; Richard Attenborough; James Donald; Charles Bronson; Donald Pleasence; James Coburn; Paul Brickhill; John Sturges; Elmer Bernstein; James Clavell; W R Burnett; Ferris Webster; Mirisch Company.; United Artists Corporation.; MGM Home Entertainment Inc.
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher: Santa Monica, CA : MGM Home Entertainment, ©2005.
Notes: Originally released as a motion picture in 1963. Based on the book by Paul Brickhill. Nominated for one Oscar and one Golden Globe in 1989. Running time 172 min.
Summary: Based on a true story, a group of allied escape artist type prisoners of war are all put in an ‘escape proof’ camp. Their leader decides to try to take out several hundred all at once. The first half of the film is played for comedy as the prisoners mostly outwit their jailers to dig the escape tunnel. The second half is high adventure as they use boats and trains and planes to get out of occupied Europe.
OCLC #: 70657588
Added: February 7, 2012
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
