The Great Escape (1963)

Ives Crosses the Wire

When the guys aren’t looking, a desperate Ives (Angus Lennie) tries to escape for the last time and is shot on the fence.

Directed by John Sturges.

© MGM 2012

Released in 1963 by MGM.

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  • character-type: Military Officer
  • character-type: Prisoner
  • character-type: Soldier
  • character-type: Rebel
  • action: Climb
  • action: Shoot
  • primary-genre: Classics
  • primary-genre: Action and Adventure
  • primary-genre: Drama
  • secondary-genre: Classic Dramas
  • secondary-genre: Military & War Dramas
  • secondary-genre: Classic War Stories
  • secondary-genre: Dramas Based on Real Life
  • secondary-genre: Classics
  • secondary-genre: Military Action & Adventure
  • mood: Violent
  • mood: Heartfelt
  • prop: Wire
  • setting: Prison
  • theme: Hope
  • theme: Determination
  • actor: David McCallum
  • actor: Angus Lennie
  • actor: James Donald
  • actor: John Leyton
  • actor: Charles Bronson
  • actor: Nigel Stock
  • actor: Gordon Jackson
  • actor: James Coburn
  • actor: Richard Attenborough
  • actor: James Garner
  • actor: Donald Pleasence
  • actor: Steve McQueen
  • director: John Sturges
  • producer: James Clavell
  • producer: John Sturges
  • cinematographer: Daniel L. Fapp
  • composer: Elmer Bernstein
  • editor: Ferris Webster
  • role-name: Flight Lt. Denys Cavendish "The Surveyor"
  • role-name: Flying Officer Archibald Ives "The Mole"
  • role-name: Flight Lt. Colin Blythe "The Forger"
  • role-name: Flight Lt. Danny Velinski "The Tunnel King"
  • role-name: Flight Lt. Sandy MacDonald "Intelligence"
  • role-name: Squadron Leader Roger Bartlett "Big X"
  • role-name: Flying Officer Louis Sedgwick "The Manufacturer"
  • role-name: Lt. Cmdr. Eric Ashley-Pitt "Dispersal"
  • role-name: Group Capt. Ramsey "The SBO"
  • role-name: Flight Lt. Hendley "The Scrounger"
  • role-name: Capt. Hilts "The Cooler King"
  • role-name: Flight Lt. William Dickes "The Tunneler"
  • screenwriter: Paul Brickhill
  • screenwriter: W.R. Burnett
  • screenwriter: James Clavell
  • year: 1963
  • studio: MGM

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