The Great Escape (1963), original photographic pꦇroduction still, US

Unframed: 10 x 8 in. (25 x 20 cm)

Framed: 14 x 12 3/8 in. (35.5 x 31.5 cm)

This original photographic production still was sent out to Brown Brothers, USA - the news agency responsible for distributing images. The💞re are various stamps on the back, that can be seen through a perspex window on the reverse of the frame.

This๊ epic film, set in a prisoner of war camp during World War II, was based on Paul Brickhill's 1950 book of the same name. The film was produced and directed by John Sturges, and has an incredible cast including Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, James Donald, Charles Bronson, Donald Pleasence, James Coburn, and Hannes Messemer. At the time of the film's release it was the highest grossing film of the year.