Originally released as a motion picture in 1963. "Based on the book by Paul Brickhill"--Insert. Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, James Donald, Charles Bronson, Donald Pleasance, James Coburn.
Contents:
Special features include: (disc 1) audio commentary by director John Sturges ; cast & crew bios ; trivia track -- (disc 2) documentaries "The great escape: the untold story" and "The real Virgil Hilts: a man called Jones" ; featurettes: "Return to the Great escape", "Preparations for freedom", "A standing ovation", "Bringing fact to fiction", and "The flight to freedom" ; photo gallery ; original theatrical trailer.
Summary:
A World War II melodrama about the escape of British and American flyers from a maximum-security German prison camp.
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