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'''The Great Escape''' is a 1963 World War II action-adventure film directed by John Sturges. Starring Steve McQueen, James Garner and Richard Attenborough, | '''The Great Escape''' is a 1963 World War II action-adventure film directed by John Sturges. Starring Steve McQueen, James Garner and Richard Attenborough, James Donald, Charles Bronson, Donald Pleasence, James Coburn, and Hannes Messemer. The film is based on Paul Brickhill's 1950 nonfiction book of the same name, a firsthand account of the mass escape by British Commonwealth prisoners of war from German POW camp Stalag Luft III in Sagan (now Żagań, Poland), in the province of Lower Silesia, Nazi Germany. The film was based on the real events but deviated significantly from historical events, depicting a heavily fictionalised version of the escape with numerous compromises for its commercial appeal, such as including Americans among the escapees. (Wikipedia) | ||
* In the film [[Once Upon a Time in Hollywood]] there is an imagined scene which features [[Rick Dalton]] in the role of Captain Virgil Hilts "The Cooler King" originally played by Steve McQueen. | * In the film [[Once Upon a Time in Hollywood]] there is an imagined scene which features [[Rick Dalton]] in the role of Captain Virgil Hilts "The Cooler King" originally played by Steve McQueen. | ||
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Revision as of 13:51, 31 July 2019
The Great Escape is a 1963 World War II action-adventure film directed by John Sturges. Starring Steve McQueen, James Garner and Richard Attenborough, James Donald, Charles Bronson, Donald Pleasence, James Coburn, and Hannes Messemer. The film is based on Paul Brickhill's 1950 nonfiction book of the same name, a firsthand account of the mass escape by British Commonwealth prisoners of war from German POW camp Stalag Luft III in Sagan (now Żagań, Poland), in the province of Lower Silesia, Nazi Germany. The film was based on the real events but deviated significantly from historical events, depicting a heavily fictionalised version of the escape with numerous compromises for its commercial appeal, such as including Americans among the escapees. (Wikipedia)
- In the film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood there is an imagined scene which features Rick Dalton in the role of Captain Virgil Hilts "The Cooler King" originally played by Steve McQueen.
