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Sneaky Facts About The Great Escape
Released in 1963, The Great Escape is an epic war film based on Paul Brickhill's 1950 nonfiction novel of the same name. The novel provides a firsthand account of the escape made by British Commonwealth prisoners of war from Stalag Luft III, a German prisoner of war camp. Starring Steve McQueen, James Garner, and Richard Attenborough, the film is based on the true events that occur in the novel...
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