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The great escape / the Mirisch Company presents ; screen play by James Clavell and W.R. Burnett ; produced and directed by John Sturges. - 1 videodisc (172 min.) : sound, color. ; 4 3/4 in. - 4 3/4 in.

Wide screen (2.35:1). Based on the book by Paul Brickhill. Originally released as a motion picture in 1963. DVD originally issued by MGM Home Entertainment in 1998; re-issued in 2013. Special features: documentary on the making of the film; original theatrical trailer.

Director of photography, Daniel L. Fapp ; music, Elmer Bernstein ; editor, Ferris Webster. Director of photography, Daniel L. Fapp ; music, Elmer Bernstein ; editor, Ferris Webster.

Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, James Donald, Charles Bronson, Donald Pleasence, James Coburn, Hannes Messemer, David McCallum, Gordon Jackson, John Leyton, Angus Lennie.

A fictionalized version of the unprecedented escape of Allied prisoners-of-war from a maximum-security German prison camp (Stalag Luft III).

MPAA rating: not rated ; Canadian home video rating: G.


DVD; NTSC, region 1, dual layer; Dolby Digital mono.


In English or French; subtitles in English, French and Spanish; closed-captioned.

Standard No.: 883904163268 027616668028 80

Publisher. No.: 906680 MGM Home Entertainment M129853 Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Subjects--Personal Names:
Brickhill, Paul--Film adaptations.

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Stalag Luft III--Drama.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, German--Drama.
Prisoner-of-war escapes--Drama.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
War films.
Action and adventure films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.