Review of The Great Escape (1963) by Richard D — 24 Nov 2015
Good adventure, good performances. Well, the American POWs were moved to another camp before the escape through the one tunnel was actually attempted, so the American air force officers in the movie escape were a product of Hollywood.
Americans did assist in preparing the three... read more tunnels with British, Australian, Dutch, South African, and Polish officers kept at Stalag Luft III. Oh, and there was snow on the ground in reality when the escape happened.
The German air force being less Nazi-fied than other devisions also had a slight camaraderie with the Allied air force men, so this provided an interesting element to the story. I particularly liked Garner, Attenborough, Bronson, Pleasence, Coburn, and Lennie.
I ended up feeling that the movie would have been more powerful concluding on a tragic note. McQueen shouldn't have been left happily bouncing his baseball in the cooler for yet another week. The movie is fairly suspenseful and entertaining still.
This review of The Great Escape (1963) was written by Richard D on 24 Nov 2015.
The Great Escape has generally received very positive reviews.
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