Mr Phillips, who was imprisoned from 1943 to 1945 and died in 1997, also told of how their plot was foiled by ... might come in handy for that great event - escape. Everyone had their one secret ...

United Artists/Getty Images It is widely considered that Marcel Zillessen inspired James Garner's "the scrounger" character (left) in the 1963 classic film The Great Escape Despite having a key ...

Yet some of them did. This weekend, as we commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Great Escape – the mass breakout from the ...

Part 1 of this two-part made-for-TV movie is a retelling of the original motion picture The Great Escape from 1963, which is based on an event that actually occurred. 200 Allied aircrew members ...