The Great Escape (10/11) Movie CLIP - Motorcycle Escape (1963) HD

CLIP DESCRIPTION:
Hilts (Steve McQueen) eludes the Germans on motorcycle, but is captured when he gets ensnared on a barbed wire fence.

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:
Director: John Sturges
Producers: James Clavell, John Sturges, Walter Mirisch
Screenwriters: Paul Brickhill, James Clavell, W.R. Burnett

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[stevenvicino]

I love when he pats the bike near the end. "You and me, we almost got away." That's a really good actor.

[brianpower]

No matter how many times you see The Great Escape, you find yourself rooting for Hilts to get over the wire

[tonymontana]

1:30 The little pat to the bike when he realises there’s no way out, only a true petrol head would’ve did something like that, and McQueen, along with Paul Newman were proper petrolheads

[silentgamer]

1:30 *whispers to the motorcyle's ear* you...."

[crazylegs]

Man, one more jump and you were home free.

[Grandmaster_Dragonborn]

1:56
Even when everything fails, Hilts still has a smile on his face.
He reminds me of Teddy Roosevelt a little; on some level, he enjoys being in war. Great character.

[nickstoli]

0:56 More exciting than anything CGI can come up with.

[g]

Love this movie my dad and i used to watch it together every christmas i still enjoy watching it now my dads gone

[a.l.rockliffe]

I first saw this film as a boy, 50 years ago. I have watched it numerous times since then, for one reason only - one day he will make that second jump!

[strangelee]

Shows his shirts Hugo Boss label.
German troops let him go immediately.

[bobbyhenshall]

I watched this movie for the first time today. I was so gutted that he didn't make it. Epic scene though, I really did enjoy this film. It truly is a classic. 10/10

[stevenvicino]

@ 1:31 he pats his bike. "We almost got away." That's a true actor. Steve McQueen was one of a kind.

[ripmax]

That small tap on the gas tank was like” its not your fault buddy, thank you, you did well”

[vegetasolo]

Although Steve McQueen did his own motorcycle riding, there was one stunt he did not perform: the hair-raising 60-foot jump over a fence. This was done by McQueen's friend Bud Ekins, who was managing a Los Angeles-area motorcycle shop when recruited for the stunt. It was the beginning of a new career for Ekins, as he later doubled for McQueen in Bullitt (1968) and did much of the motorcycle riding on the television series CHiPs (1977).

[RSTI]

The first 25 seconds of this scene are epic.
The deep panorama shots.
They just don't shoot them like this anymore.

[James-xmoq]

The coolest man on screen. I love the way he pats the petrol tank of his motorcycle as if it's an injured horse.

[XablazedX]

1:38 I had no idea Bill Nye was a Nazi.

[lordemed]

The motorcycles used during chase scenes in film The Great Escape were 1961 Triumph TR6 bikes disguised to look like German BMW R75 bikes. 4 bikes were used to make the movie  The star of the movie, Steve McQueen, did much of the riding for the film himself, although Bud Ekins performed the famous jump scene as McQueen's stunt double.

[Bonkatsu]

One of the best scenes in film history.

[philosophera]

There are Classic movies and then there are Super Classics this is one of the Super Classic every guy should see