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The Great Escape (1963) [NR]

Release Date:
July 3, 1963

Original Title:
The Great Escape

Alternate Titles:
Den stora flykten
Gesprengte Ketten
Great Escape
La Grande Évasion
La gran evasión
La grande fuga
Veliki bijeg
Wielka Ucieczka
แหกค่ายมฤตยู
大脱走
胜利大逃亡
龍虎榜

Genres:
Adventure | Drama | War

Production Companies:
The Mirisch Company
United Artists

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
AU: PG  BR: 12  CA: 14A  CZ: U  DE: 12  DK: 11  ES: 12  FI: K-16|K-12  FR: TP  GB: PG  GR: PG  IE: G  JP: G  MX: C  NL: 12  NO: 15  PL: 12  PT: M/12  SE: 15  US: NR 

Runtime: 173

Put a fence in front of these men... and they'll climb it!

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The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocate them to a high-security 'escape-proof' camp to sit out the remainder of the war. Undaunted, the prisoners plan one of the most ambitious escape attempts of World War II. Based on a true story.

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American Film Institute (AFI)
2001
#19 		100 Years: 100 THRILLS
100 Most Thrilling American Films

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Production

Art Direction:
Fernando Carrere

Assistant Director:
Jack N. Reddish

Assistant Editor:
Don Tomlinson

Director:
John Sturges

Director of Photography:
Daniel L. Fapp

Editor:
Ferris Webster

Executive Producer:
Walter Mirisch

Hair Designer:
Jay Sebring

Makeup Artist:
Emile LaVigne

Music Editor:
Richard Carruth

Musician:
Sam Freed Jr.

Novel:
Paul Brickhill

Original Music Composer:
Elmer Bernstein

Producer:
John Sturges
James Clavell

Production Office Assistant:
Robert E. Relyea

Production Supervisor:
Allen K. Wood

Property Master:
Frank Agnone

Screenplay:
James Clavell
W.R. Burnett

Script Supervisor:
John Franco

Set Decoration:
Kurt Ripberger

Sound Effects Editor:
Wayne Fury

Special Effects:
A. Paul Pollard

Stunt Double:
Loren Janes

Stunt Driver:
Steve McQueen

Stunts:
Roy Jenson

Wardrobe Supervisor:
Bert Henrikson

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