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Review: The Great Escape (1963)
Review: The Great Escape (1963)

The Great Escape is a hugely entertaining landmark in the prison camp and action team genres.

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(Re)Viewing the Canon, ReviewsAnton BergstromThe Great Escape, John Sturges, James Clavell, W. R. Burnett, Steven McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, James Donald, Charles Bronson, Donald Pleasence, James Coburn, Hannes Messemer, WWII, Second World War, prison, prison camp, prisoners of war, war movie, action movie, mission, team, prison camp movie, escape, New Hollywood, classical Hollywood, classic, ensemble castComment
James Bond 007: You Only Live Twice (1967)
James Bond 007: You Only Live Twice (1967)

The most average of the first five Bond films.

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Flash Back, Reviews, James Bond 007Anton Bergstromaction, action thriller, adventure, Akiko Wakabayashi, Bernard Lee, Charles Gray, Desmond Llewelyn, Donald Pleasence, Ernst Stavro Blofeld, espionage thriller, Iam Fleming, invade the villain's lair, James Bond, James Bond 007 Retrospective, Japan, Karin Dor, Lois Maxwell, Mie Hama, misogyny, Nancy Sinatra, racism, Roald Dahl, Sean Connery, setting, spaceship, SPECTRE, spy movie, spy thriller, Teru Shimada, Tetsuro Tamba, thriller, You Only Live Twice Comments