The Great Escape Soundtrack

Synopsis: Based on a true story, a group of allied escape artist-type prisoners-of-war (POWs) are all put in an 'escape proof' camp. Their leader decides to try to take out several hundred all at once. The first half of the film is played for comedy as the prisoners mostly outwit their jailers to dig the escape tunnel. The second half is high adventure as they use boats and trains and planes to get out of occupied Europe.

Genre: Adventure, Drama, History

Director(s): John Sturges

Actors: Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, James Donald

Production: United Artists

Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 2 wins & 9 nominations.


IMDB:: 8.2
Metacritic:: 87
Rotten Tomatoes:: 93%

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Year:: 1963
: 172 min
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#	Song	Duration
1	At First Glance
2	At the Station
3	Betrayal	2:09
4	Blythe	2:15
5	Booze
6	Cave In
7	Cooler
8	Discover
9	Discovery	2:57
10	Finale	3:20
11	Flight Plan
12	Forked
13	Give Up	0:16
14	Green Thumbs
15	Home Again
16	Interruptus
17	Main Title	2:09
18	Mole
19	On the Road	2:59
20	Panic
21	The Chase	2:52
22	The Plan
23	X
24	Yankee Doodle	0:55

James Clavell

James Clavell (10 October 1921 – 6 September 1994), born Charles Edmund Dumaresq Clavell, was a British (and later naturalized American) novelist, screenwriter, director, and World War II veteran and prisoner of war. Clavell is best known as a writer for his The Asian Saga series of novels and their televised adaptations. Clavell also authored screenplays, such as The Great Escape (1963) and To Sir, with Love (1967). Clavell wrote science fiction as well, including an episode of the early sci-fi TV series Men into Space in 1959, titled "First Woman on the Moon", as well as the film script for the original (1958) version of the sci-fi/horror film The Fly, starring Vincent Price. more…

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