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 ...

Here we take a look at some of the best 'based-on-real-events' World War Two films of all time. Based on the 1950 book The Great Escape by Stalag Luft III prisoner Paul Brickhill, director John ...

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“A hit with the critics and at the box office, The Great Escape is for many the great ‘escape’ film.” The Virgin Film Guide Having featured a strong ensemble cast for his popular western The ...

For the first time the true story of the mastermind behind World War IIs Great Escape is told by his niece Lindy Wilson Squadron Leader Roger Bushell was a young London barrister an auxiliary ...

United Artists/Getty Images It is widely considered that Marcel Zillessen inspired James Garner's "the scrounger" character (left) in the 1963 classic film The Great Escape Despite having a key ...

It was the mass escape of Allied soldiers from the German prisoner of war camp Stalag Luft III, the story of which was forever immortalised in the 1963 film The Great Escape, starring Steve McQueen.

There's no escaping The Great Escape: A homage to the many brilliant TV, film and sport homages made to classic war film ...

Had the piece have been connected to Zillessen’s wartime service and the Great Escape it would be worth much more... the find may surprise us all under the hammer." ...

makes several big references to the true events featured in The Great Escape film with Steve McQueen. The US pilots Buck and Bucky reunite at the prisoner of war camp, Stalag Luft III. This is the ...