The Great Escape

[Cycleops]

http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/nostalgia/john-leyton-only-actor-still-6450669

(and still alive, apparently)

And here he is, in The Great Escape.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Good films, but neither have the charm of TGE

What could be more charming than Oliver Reed and an elephant.

 

[EltonFrog]

What could be more charming than Oliver Reed and an elephant.

James Coburn riding a bike escaping from the Nazis that's what.

 

[Cycleops]

TGE has become an institution and not being able to watch it over Christmas would be like the festive lunch without stuffing and bread sauce!

 

[Retribution03]

The great escape is a pretty awesome film my 14 year old son sat and watched it with me not so long ago and made me pause it whilst he went to the toilet he was that into it and if a film of that age can get him away from his Xbox for a couple of hours it has to be good lol

 

[swee'pea99]

"Of course it hurts. The trick is not minding that it hurts."

 

[stephec]

Where Eagles Dare gets my vote.

With a further nod to Von Ryan's Express and The Eagle Has Landed.

 

[AndyRM]

I was about to say Sylvester Stallone, but was confused with Escape to Victory, another POW based classic!

 

[Nigel-YZ1]

All these will glue me to the sofa too:
Ice Cold in Alex
The Longest Day
A Bridge Too Far

 

[EltonFrog]

All these will glue me to the sofa too:
Ice Cold in Alex
The Longest Day
A Bridge Too Far

Yup, all of the above are FAB. ABTF is the only film I've been to the cinema to see with my dad.

 

[ColinJ]

Yup, all of the are FAB. ABTF is the only film I've been to the cinema to see with my dad.

I went to see The Longest Day with my dad. The Longest Film, more like - I fell asleep halfway through!

 

[Cheddar George]

What could be more charming than Oliver Reed and an elephant.

Oh yes, a large unpredictable animal capable of drinking an enomous amount, and then there's ........... oh it's too easy.

 

[accountantpete]

The last remaining Airman involved in the escape died earlier this month.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11068888/Wing-Commander-Ken-Rees-obituary.html

 

[hoopdriver]

War films don't cut it for me.

For my money it's a toss up between The Maltese Falcon and The Thomas Crown Affair (the original, of course, with Steve McQueen and Faye Dunaway) for the greatest film ever made

 

[EltonFrog]

The last remaining Airman involved in the escape died earlier this month.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11068888/Wing-Commander-Ken-Rees-obituary.html

What a nice obituary