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How quiet scenes help make ‘The Great Escape’ so thrilling

By Ray Bennett John Sturges’s terrific prisoner-of-war adventure ‘The Great Escape’ is an annual treat around this time of year and remained great entertainment when I watched it on BBC-TV for the enth time. Elmer Bernstein’s splendid score was the … Continue reading

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