• Director(s)

    John Sturges

  • Production Year

    1963

  • Release date

    24/03/2019

  • Genre(s)

    Drama, War

  • Approx. running minutes

    172m

  • Cast

    Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, James Donald, Charles Bronson, Donald Pleasence, James Coburn, Hannes Messemer, David McCallum, Gordon Jackson, John Leyton, Angus Lennie, Nigel Stock, Robert Graf, Jud Taylor

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The Great Escape

mild violence, language, injury detail

THE GREAT ESCAPE is a 1963 US drama, set during World War II, in which a group of Allied soldiers attempt to escape from a German POW camp.…

THE GREAT ESCAPE is a 1963 US drama, set during World War II, in which a group of Allied soldiers attempt to escape from a German POW camp.

violence
Several people are shot, all without visible blood or injury detail. One of the shootings leaves a dead man hanging limply from barbed wire. A group of prisoners is massacred, but the actual killings occur off screen.
language
There is occasional use of mild bad language including 'bloody'.
injury detail
We see a large smudge of blood on a man's face after a plane crash. Another man is shown with small bloody cuts on his face and arms.
additional issues
There are occasional scenes of mild suspense featuring people in danger. Several characters are shown smoking.

  • Director(s)

    John Sturges

  • Production Year

    1963

  • Release date

    24/03/2019

  • Genre(s)

    Drama, War

  • Approx. running minutes

    172m

  • Cast

    Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, James Donald, Charles Bronson, Donald Pleasence, James Coburn, Hannes Messemer, David McCallum, Gordon Jackson, John Leyton, Angus Lennie, Nigel Stock, Robert Graf, Jud Taylor

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One or more of the releases in this collection was cut.

mild violence, language, injury detail
Classified Date:
01/02/2019
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Park Circus Limited
violence
Several people are shot, all without visible blood or injury detail. One of the shootings leaves a dead man hanging limply from barbed wire. A group of prisoners is massacred, but the actual killings occur off screen.
language
There is occasional use of mild bad language including 'bloody'.
injury detail
We see a large smudge of blood on a man's face after a plane crash. Another man is shown with small bloody cuts on his face and arms.
additional issues
There are occasional scenes of mild suspense featuring people in danger. Several characters are shown smoking.
Classified Date:
31/05/1963
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
United Artists Corp. Ltd
Cuts:
This content received cuts or alterations as part of the classification process.
Contains mild language and violence
Classified Date:
18/06/2013
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.
Classified Date:
26/03/2013
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.
Paperwork Remarks:
Additional material Director's audio commentary
Contains mild language and violence
Classified Date:
03/10/2002
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
R.N.I.B.
Classified Date:
22/03/2002
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
MGM Home Entertainment (Europe) Ltd
Classified Date:
22/03/2002
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
MGM Home Entertainment (Europe) Ltd
Contains mild language and violence
Classified Date:
10/08/1993
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Warner Home Video Ltd
Classified Date:
16/04/1986
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Warner Home Video Ltd
Classified Date:
14/01/2019
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Park Circus Limited
Paperwork Remarks:
Trailer
Classified Date:
14/05/2013
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Twentieth Century Fox Home Ent.
Paperwork Remarks:
BD TRAILER
Classified Date:
21/01/2000
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Delta Music Plc
Classified Date:
19/06/1998
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Warner Home Video Ltd
Classified Date:
26/03/1997
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Warner Home Video Ltd
Classified Date:
26/03/1997
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Warner Home Video Ltd
Classified Date:
20/07/1993
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Warner Home Video Ltd

  • Classified date

    01/02/2019

  • BBFC reference

    BFF038662

  • Language

    English