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Directed by | John Sturges |
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Based on | The Great Escape by Paul Brickhill |
Produced by | John Sturges |
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Cinematography | Daniel L. Fapp |
Edited by | Ferris Webster |
Music by | Elmer Bernstein |
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Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 172 minutes |
Country | United States |
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Budget | $3.8 million[1] |
Box office | $11.7 million |
The Great Escape is a 1963 American war movie. It is about an escape by Allied prisoners of war from a German POW camp during World War II. The movie stars Steve McQueen, James Garner, Donald Pleasence, Charles Bronson, James Coburn, and Richard Attenborough. It got positive reviews from critics.