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				Great Escape, The  (1963) | 
			 
				
			
			
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				Film rated 4.7 / 5 
				(Chick rating: 4.8 / 5) 
				(Guy rating: 4.7 / 5)
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		| Greatest caper annually broadcast. | 
	 
	
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		| Tunnel visionaries dig out. | 
	 
	
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		| German question, English answer. | 
	 
	
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		| Steve McQueen gets Cooler. | 
	 
	
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		| McQueen's cooler than most. | 
	 
	
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		| McQueen escapes the Germans. | 
	 
	
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		| Blind prisoner's unPleasence experience. | 
	 
	
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		| Good escape. Crap getaway. | 
	 
	
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		| Grounded pilots fly again. | 
	 
	
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		| 'Chicken Run' without feathers. | 
	 
	
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		| Bronson's corporial tunnel syndrome. | 
	 
	
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		| Germany's escape problems compounded. | 
	 
	
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		| Nazis execute prison escapees. | 
	 
	
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		| Moving dummies fool nazi's. | 
	 
	
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		| Tunnel King hates tunnels. | 
	 
	
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		| Nazis kill mass breakout. | 
	 
	
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		| McQueen goes underground. | 
	 
	
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		| James Garners necessary equipment. | 
	 
	
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		| Ironically claustrophobic Tunnel King! | 
	 
	
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		| Nazis, tunnels, motorbike, McQueen. | 
	 
	
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		| McQueen's bike bedevils Nazis. | 
	 
	
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		| McQueen becomes 'cooler' king. | 
	 
	
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		| Prision escapees caught, killed. | 
	 
	
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		| Plan cool, McQueen cooler. | 
	 
	
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		| POWs create underground movement. | 
	 
	
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		| McQueen often visits 'cooler'. | 
	 
	
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		| Cool Steve McQueen Kneivel. | 
	 
	
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		| McQueen gets Knevil delusions. | 
	 
	
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		| McQueen's solitary with ball. | 
	 
	
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		| McQueen despises Nazi digs. | 
	 
	
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		| McQueen escapes, it's great. | 
	 
	
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		| McQueen's stunts win war. | 
	 
	
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		| Pleasence: Birdman of Stalag. | 
	 
	
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		| Freedom frustration frequents flyers. | 
	 
	
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		| Escapes on Japanese bike! | 
	 
	
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		| Tunnels, dirt, running about. | 
	 
	
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		| 'Chicken Run' with humans. | 
	 
	
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		| Attenborough harass' the enemy. | 
	 
	
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		| Inmates improvise internment outing. | 
	 
	
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		| Dig McQueen. McQueen digs. | 
	 
	
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		| Inventive PoWs clear off. | 
	 
	
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		| Escapees face 'mole' allegations. | 
	 
	
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		| Tunnel length fatally miscalculated. | 
	 
	
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		| Baseball gives McQueen comfort. | 
	 
	
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		| McQueen's Barb Wire Entrapment. | 
	 
	
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		| Garner helps blind Pleasence. | 
	 
	
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		| McQueen plays ball indoors. | 
	 
	
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		| Brits shot, Americans not. | 
	 
	
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		| McQueen impersonates Evel Kneivel. | 
	 
	
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		| Claustrophobic Bronson jeopardizes breakout. | 
	 
	
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		| Steve McQueen's greatest ride! | 
	 
	
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		| Tunnelling biker escapes Nazis. | 
	 
	
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		| Precursor of 'Hogan's Heroes'. | 
	 
	
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		| Garner scrounges illegal stuff. | 
	 
	
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		| McQueen attempts bike jump. | 
	 
	
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		| Escaping prisoner gets recaptured. | 
	 
	
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		| McQueen's cooler head prevails. | 
	 
	
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		| Bronson's tunnelling deathwish. | 
	 
	
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		| Garner garners camp contraband. | 
	 
	
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		| McQueen makes motorcycle mayhem. | 
	 
	
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		| McQueen's a cool(er) ballplayer. | 
	 
	
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		| Tunneling tough guy's claustrophobic. | 
	 
	
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		| P(retty)O(rganized)W(ar)S(aga) | 
	 
	
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		| 'Escape proof' theory trashed. | 
	 
	
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		| Captured McQueen's 'Groundhog Day'! | 
	 
	
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