The Great Escape (film) The Great Escape (film) The Great Escape is a 1963 American World War II epic film that depicts an escape by British Commonwealth prisoners of war from a German POW camp. The film stars Steve McQueen, James Garner, and Richard Attenborough and features James Donald, Charles Bronson, Donald Pleasence, James Coburn, and Hannes Messemer. It was filmed in Panavision. The film is based on Paul Brickhill's 1950 book of the same name, a non-fiction first-hand account of the mass escape from Stalag Luft III in Sagan (now Żagań, Poland), in the province of Lower Silesia, Nazi Germany. A heavily fictionalised
John Nightingale (actor) also a historical drama set in a mining community, "Fall of Eagles" and "Crown Court". John Nightingale died on 31 March 1980 from cancer. At the time of his death he was 37 years old. John Nightingale (actor) John Nightingale (23 December 1942 – 31 March 1980) was a British actor, from Burnley, Lancashire Nightingale spent 5 years in the National Youth Theatre and, while still a student at Durham University, appeared on BBC television in a production of Julius Caesar, playing Titinius. He was best known for his role in the popular 1970s TV series "When the Boat Comes