The Great Escape
1963 · 173 MIN · IMDB 8.2 · 266,387 VOTES · DIR. John Sturges
Overview
The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocate them to a high-security 'escape-proof' camp to sit out the remainder of the war. Undaunted, the prisoners plan one of the most ambitious escape attempts of World War II. Based on a true story.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,334 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:04:51 Go inside.
00:09:34 It has been built to hold you and your men.
00:14:51 - There's a blind spot through the middle. - A blind spot?
00:21:22 10 days isolation, Hilts.
00:26:35 - I'll pass the word. - I'll tell the old man.
00:31:21 What my personal feelings are is of no importance.
00:35:09 OK, Roger.
00:39:47 Splendid.
00:47:50 Why? It's only a two-man job.
00:52:30 It's indecently brilliant. What do you think, Roger?
00:57:45 - Does it work? - Of course it works.
01:02:27 The shrike impales his foes on the spikes of thorn bushes.
01:06:42 Well, if you're here to find out if I'm going out again, I am.
01:10:04 - I don't blame you. - Well, OK, then.
01:14:54 Two turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree
01:22:24 That explains what happened to the potatoes.
01:28:01 Herr Hauptfeldwebel!
01:38:57 Danny, you've dug 17 tunnels. Over 17 tunnels.
01:42:41 or dare go
01:50:28 I can't wait. I must get out.
01:57:45 everything you've done will have been for nothing - nothing!
02:06:13 76.
02:30:43 Colin, I'm sorry I fouled things up.
02:44:00 They - the higher authority -
Cast & Characters
Steve McQueen
Hilts 'The Cooler King'
James Garner
Hendley 'The Scrounger'
Richard Attenborough
Bartlett 'Big X'
Charles Bronson
Danny 'Tunnel King'
James Donald
Ramsey 'The SBO'
Donald Pleasence
Blythe 'The Forger'
James Coburn
Sedgwick 'Manufacturer'
Hannes Messemer
Von Luger 'The Kommandant'
David McCallum
Ashley-Pitt 'Dispersal'
Gordon Jackson
MacDonald 'Intelligence'
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,334
Dialogue density7.7 lines / min
First line00:04:51
Final line02:44:00
Production Record
DirectorJohn Sturges
LanguageEnglish
Budget$4,000,000
Revenue$11,700,000
IMDb votes266,387