10:00 PM -- THE GREAT ESCAPE (1963)

[elleng]

Thrown together by the Germans, a group of captive Allied troublemakers plot a daring escape.
Dir: John Sturges
Cast: Robert Graf, Nigel Stock, Angus Lennie
C-172 mins, CC, Letterbox Format

Nominee for an Oscar for Best Film Editing -- Ferris Webster

During the climactic motorcycle chase, director John Sturges allowed Steve McQueen to ride (in disguise) as one of the pursuing German soldiers, so that in the final sequence, through the magic of editing, he's actually chasing himself. McQueen played the German motorcyclist who hits the wire.

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[TomSlick]

1. Great theme song.

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[Budi]

3. Memorable... 👍

[Budi]

2. Yes! Am watching the Steve McQueen Fri night marathon

Cincinnati Kid
Thomas Crown Affair
The Great Escape
Papillon

What a great movie nght line-up!!

[lapfog_1]

4. Interesting bit of trivia

David McCallum ( Ducky on NCIS, Illya Kuryakin on Man from U.N.C.L.E.) was dating Jill Ireland when filming the Great Escape. She met Charles Bronson on the set... later she and Charles got married and they remained married until she died of breast cancer in 1990.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill_Ireland

[elleng]

5. Just saw Illya!

Interesting.

[lapfog_1]

6. You might like this "breaking the 4th wall" bit of NCIS.

[LuckyCharms]

7. One of my favorites!