the great escape

     

Lt. Col. A.P. Clark played a key role in the elaborate breakout from Stalag Luft III that inspired this 1963 movie

Trivia about the great escape

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  • 1963: As a P.O.W. in a German camp, Steve is part of a mass breakout
  • Steve McQueen did his own motorcycle stunts in this 1963 film set in a Nazi P.O.W. camp
  • James Coburn, James Garner & Steve McQueen are seen here during a break in the filming of this movie
  • Elmer Bernstein did the classic music for this movie in which Steve McQueen flees Nazis on a motorcycle