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A Balasaur Score of 85 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 8.2/10, Rotten Tomatoes 94%, Metacritic 86/100. The highest scoring of the 2 titles in its series. It runs long at 2h 53m. Streaming on Prime.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb8.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes94%
Metacritic86/100
2,940 audience votes
Key crew
- James ClavellScreenplay
- John SturgesDirector
- Elmer BernsteinOriginal Music Composer
- W.R. BurnettScreenplay
Cast
- Steve McQueenHilts 'The Cooler King'
- James GarnerHendley 'The Scrounger'
- Richard AttenboroughBartlett 'Big X'
- James DonaldRamsey 'The SBO'
- Charles BronsonDanny 'Tunnel King'
- Donald PleasenceBlythe 'The Forger'
- James CoburnSedgwick 'Manufacturer'
- Hannes MessemerVon Luger 'The Kommandant'
- David McCallumAshley-Pitt 'Dispersal'
- Gordon JacksonMacDonald 'Intelligence'
- John LeytonWillie 'Tunnel King'
- Angus LennieIves 'The Mole'
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Themes
prisonuniformswastikaprisonerbased on novel or booknaziescapeoptimismfreedommachinegunswitzerlandshower
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