GREAT ESCAPE (4K ULTRA UD) [BLU-RAY]

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• Release Year: 1963
• Genre: Action/Adventure, Drama, War
• Plot: Screen legend Steve McQueen [Bullitt) slams his motorcycle into high gear and leads the way in this action-packed classic about a group of Allied POWs who attempt one of the largest and most daring breakouts in history. A masterful collaboration between director John Sturges (Bad Day at Black Rock), screenwriters James Clavell (The Satan Bug) and W.R. Burnett (Little Caesar), and composer Elmer Bernstein (The Magnificent Seven), The Great Escape is one of the most ingenious and suspenseful adventure films of all time! As World War II rages on, the Germans open Stalag Luft III, a maximum security prisoner-of-war camp, designed to hold even the craftiest escape artists. In doing so, however, the Nazis unwittingly assemble the finest escape team in military history. Together, under the guidance of the brilliant Bartlett (Richard Attenborough, Brighton Rock), the resourceful Hendley (James Garner, Support Your Local Sheriff) and the steely, determined Hilts (McQueen), the men plot, scheme and dig their way to freedom...at any cost! Charles Bronson (Breakheart Pass), James Coburn (A Fistful of Dynamite), Donald Pleasence (The Black Windmill), James Donald (The Bridge on the River Kwai) and David McCallum (Mosquito Squadron) fill out the iconic cast of this spectacular, true-life blockbuster. The Great Escape received a 1964 Academy Award nomination for Best Film Editing (Ferris Webster, The Manchurian Candidate) and a Golden Globe nomination for Best Motion Picture - Drama.
• Cast: Steve McQueen, Tom Adams, Heinz Weiss, Til Kiwe, Robert Desmond, Lawrence Montaigne, George Mikell, Ulrich Beiger, Robert Freitag, William Russell, Harry Riebauer, Jud Taylor, Robert Graf, Nigel Stock, Hans Reiser, John Leyton, Arthur Atkinson, Karl-Otto Alberty, Angus Lennie, Richard Attenborough, James Donald, Charles Bronson, James Garner, James Coburn, Hannes Messemer, David McCallum, Gordon Jackson, Donald Pleasence, John Sturges, W.R. Burnett, Paul Brickhill, James Clavell, Daniel L. Fapp, Ferris Webster, Elmer Bernstein
• Director: John Sturges
• Runtime: 2:52
• Company: The Mirisch Company, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM), Kino Lorber, Inc., KL STUDIO CLASSICS (Kino Lorber Studio Classics)
• Media Format: Movie