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The Great Escape

1963 • Not Rated • 2h 52m • Adventure, War, Drama • United Artists

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

🍅 94% 95% MC 86 LB 4.17 IMDb 8.2

The Great Escape Box Office

Domestic Total
$11.7M
All releases
Budget$4M
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Cast & Crew

Directed byJohn Sturges
ScreenplayJames Clavell, W. R. Burnett, Walter Newman
Produced byJohn Sturges
Music byElmer Bernstein
StarringSteve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, James Donald, Charles Bronson, Donald Pleasence
StudioThe Mirisch Company / United Artists

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