Video: 'The Great Escape' trailer

(Thursday, June 20, 1963) — The Great Escape, a film about an escape by Allied prisoners of war from a German POW camp during World War II, premiered today in London.

Directed by John Sturges, the film stars Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, James Donald, Charles Bronson, Donald Pleasence and James Coburn.