Great Scene: “The Great Escape”

Scott Myers
Dec 6, 2014

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When I was a kid, I loved this movie.

For my money, there was no actor more bad-ass than Steve McQueen. Here is a great scene from The Great Escape (1963), screenplay by James Clavell and W.R. Burnett, book by Paul Brickhill.

“The Cooler King,” played by McQueen, doesn’t escape, but even as he’s returned to captivity, he is unbowed. At least he tried. And he’ll keep trying.

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