The Great Escape (5/11) Movie CLIP - Blitz Out (1963) HD

CLIP DESCRIPTION:
Hilts (Steve McQueen) and Ives (Angus Lennie) plan to burrow out of the camp like a couple of moles.

FILM DESCRIPTION:
The Great Escape is based on the true story of a group of Allied prisoners of war who managed to escape from an allegedly impenetrable Nazi prison camp during World War II. At the beginning of the film, the Nazis gather all their most devious and troublesome POWs and place them at a new prison camp, which was designed to be impervious to escapes. Immediately, the prisoners develop a scheme where they will leave the camp by building three separate escape tunnels. Richard Attenborough is the British soldier who masterminds the whole plan, and who commands his motley squad--featuring Charles Bronson as a Polish trench-digging expert, James Garner as an American with a talent for theft, Donald Pleasence as a masterful forger, and Steve McQueen as an American rebel--through the construction of the tunnels and, eventually, their escape. An epic adventure film, The Great Escape runs nearly three hours, featuring a rousing Elmer Bernstein score and exciting action sequences -- including a notorious motorcycle chase between McQueen and the Nazis -- the likes of which had never been seen before in Hollywood productions.

CREDITS:
TM & © MGM (1963)
Cast: Richard Attenborough, James Donald, Angus Lennie, Steve McQueen
Director: John Sturges
Producers: James Clavell, John Sturges, Walter Mirisch
Screenwriters: Paul Brickhill, James Clavell, W.R. Burnett

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[chrynos]

The stupid look Hilts gives them after explaining their plan for the breathing system is one of my favorite moments in cinema.

[TheSaneHatter]

"Now why didn't anyone think of that before? It's so stupid, it's positively brilliant!"

[pix]

Poor Ives. Couldn't take it anymore.

[cantordubs]

The nostalgia is too rich, I love this film

[thebuffmister]

The main difference between the classic ww2 flicks and the modern ones is that the cast of the classics, more often than not, actually fought in ww2. Now that's a hell of a well of emotion from which you can draw.

[martinrjugah]

Classic WW2 films are very different from WW2 films made in the 21st century. Im just saying.

[privatename]

I love that full three seconds of McDonald staring at him like "You are the dumbest person I have ever met"!

[HamburgerTime]

I love how McQueen plays Hiltz as a bit slow, mouth hanging open and staring

[ianrhodes]

Look how much Ives is in love with Hilts

Can't blame him really. It's Steve McQueen, after all.

[CaminoAir]

Even with all the instantly recognizable actors in this film, it's made with such talent and conviction that you can't help but believe these characters must be based in reality.

[mck]

Classic. One of the great Steve McQueen roles.

[cpmow]

The shot of McQueen looking at his muddy hands, like “Mmm where did we go wrong?”

[brettgreene]

Whats interesting in this particular clip, if you watch/look at Lord Attenborough's face as he's looking at McQueen you can tell he really doesn't like him (both on and off camera too) and it wasn't til several (x2) years later that Lord Attenborough actually admitted it during an interview that it was the most difficult scene to ever do, cuz if you saod one wrong word McQueen would go straight to the director....

[battyfishjuice]

im currently 12 and this is one of my favorite films ever

[not.supermario]

only remember seeing richard attenborough in jurassic park and miracle on 34th street. Prior to seeing this a few years back, I was blown away when the credits rolled haha

[sambeach]

Ives is certainly well dressed for a POW. I’d say a staff officer captured in France when France fell rather than being shot down.

[SDSen]

This plan was doomed to failure how could they think they'd get away with it, Hilts is supposed to be the clever one

[danielthorp]

Also remember a fair few of these Actors served in the Military during World War 2.

[pedobear]

"its so stupid its positively brilliant"
-every idea i ever had

[sonrouge]

As...amusing as this is, I have to wonder how much longer Ives might've held on had they not tried this.