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The Great Escape: The Reckoning
Overview
The story behind the Hollywood film 'The Great Escape', examining the search for the Gestapo men who murdered 50 of the escapers.
Director and cast
- Sandy McCutheon as Self - Narrator (voice)
- Alan Bryett as Self - Great Escaper
- Amanda Catanach as Amanda Catanach: Self - Great Niece of James Catanach
- Ken Rees as Self - Great Escaper
- Charles Rollings as Self - POW Historian
- Bryn Coldrick as Fl Sgt Williams (uncredited)
- Ingeborg Reinhardt as Self - Daughter of Emil Schulz
- Paul Royle as Self - Great Escaper
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