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The Great Escape / - Widescreen version. , United States - 1 videodisc (172 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1963. Based upon the book by Paul Brickhill. Widescreen. Special features: audio commentary by John Sturges, cast, & crew; featurettes.

Music, Elmer Bernstein ; director of photography, Daniel L. Fapp ; editor, Ferris Webster. Music, Elmer Bernstein ; director of photography, Daniel L. Fapp ; editor, Ferris Webster.

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

A fictionalized version of the unprecedented escape from Stalag Luft III. A high-security German prisoner-of-war camp in 1942 holds only known troublemakers and risk-takers, all of whom are determined to pull off the war's most daring escape.

Not rated.


Blu-ray, region a; widescreen; DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 (English); DTS 5.1 (French); Dolby Digital 1.0 mono (Spanish).


English or dubbed French or Spanish dialogue; with optional English SDH, French or Spanish subtitles.

Standard No.: 883904228486

Publisher. No.: M122848 MGM Home Entertainment

Subjects--Personal Names:
Brickhill, Paul--Film adaptations.
Burnett, W. R. 1899-1982.
Brickhill, Paul.
Burnett, W. R. 1899-1982.

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

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1939-1945

Subjects--Topical Terms:
World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, German--Drama.
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, English--Drama.
Escapes--Poland--Żagań--Drama.
Escapes--Drama.
Feature films.
Prisoners of war--Drama.
Prisoners of war--Fiction.
Guerra Mundial II, 1939-1945--Prisioneros y prisiones alemanes--Teatro.
Guerra Mundial II, 1939-1945--Relatos personales ingles--Teatro.
Evasiones--Teatro.
Feature films.
Escapes.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Poland--Żagań

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Personal narratives.
Feature films.
War films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Feature films--United States.
Drama.
Feature films.
Film adaptations.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
War films.
Feature films.
War films.
Feature films.
War films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Personal narratives.
Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives.
Films pour personnes handicapées auditives.

LC Class. No.: PN1995.9.W3 / G68 2013 PN1997.G6837 / 2013

Dewey Class. No.: 791.43/72