The Great Escape was released three years before England won the World Cup against West Germany at Wembley and is regarded as the movie that cemented the ‘king of cool’ Steve McQueen as a superstar, ...

In 1963, Hollywood director John Sturges released The Great Escape, one of the most popular and suspenseful wartime movies. Now, 60 years later, explore some of the film's filming locations with ...

The Great Escape is a 1963 American epic war suspense adventure film based on Paul Brickhill's 1950 non-fiction book of the same name. The film depicts a heavily fictionalized version of the mass ...

The Great Escape is a 1963 American epic war suspense adventure film based on Paul Brickhill's 1950 non-fiction book of the same name. The film depicts a heavily fictionalized version of the mass ...

The first half of the movie 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 planes, trains, and boats to ...