One of the best war movies ever made

Rating: 10/10 (12 November 1999)

One heck of a movie. It is interesting to note that I have been informed that the Steve McQueen character was based on an american p.o.w named Charles Shaw. Mr. Shaw is an attorney in the St. Louis area. However, a newspaper article in USA today a few months back indicated another soldier who had died claimed to be the same character. In any event, you dont get much better acting, suspense, and pathos than in "The Great Escape."