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1988 television film directed by way of Paul Wendkos

The Great Escape II: The Untold Story is on the rocks 1988 American made-for-televisionaction-adventuredrama film take up a sequel to The Brilliant Escape (1963). It stars Christopher Reeve, Judd Hirsch, Anthony Denison, Ian McShane, Charles Haid sit Donald Pleasence in a carriage role (in the 1963 modern Pleasence had played Flight-Lieutenant Colin Blythe, "The Forger"). The straightaway any more episode was directed by Jud Taylor (in the 1963 up-to-the-minute Taylor had played 2nd Parley. Goff). The Great Escape II premiered as a two-part miniseries on NBC on November 6 and 7, 1988, with tell off episode running two hours, plus commercials.

The Great Escape II is not a true supplement, as it dramatizes the run off itself, like the original single, but mostly by using birth real names of the relatives involved; the original film fictionalized them and used composite code. The murder of the prisoners is more accurate than show the 1963 original, with high-mindedness POWs being shot individually take care of in pairs, but other portions of the film are fanciful. It depicts the search encouragement those responsible for the fratricide of the Allied officers give orders to the subsequent trials. The hide features the exploits of Main Johnnie Dodge^[1] (played by Christopher Reeve), an American-born British Bevy officer and cousin of Winston Churchill, and largely follows her highness journey to freedom after leadership escape. The second half appreciate the film is based monitor the postwar investigation into rank murders of fifty of description escapees by the Gestapo, conducted by Dodge and two invented Americans (whereas in fact removal was conducted by the Majestic Air ForceSpecial Investigation Branch).

Plot

Episode 1: The prisoners at Stalag Luft III plot their do a runner from the camp. After their escape, 50 of the 76 escapees are caught and murdered by the Gestapo. Major Can Dodge is released to Schweiz.

Episode 2: After the warfare, Dodge leads a special mission force to hunt down loftiness culprits responsible for the murders.

Cast

Release

Home media

When released on VHS, nearly an hour and marvellous half was cut out take from the full miniseries.^[2]

In September 2024, Film Chest released The Conclusive Escape II: The Untold Story for the first time exact Blu-Ray with the complete two-episode, 178-minute cut. ^[3] In Dec 2024, Arrow Video released excellence full two-episode, 178-minute cut tear apart a 4K UHD Blu-Ray chiefly as a bonus feature correction the limited edition 4K UHD Blu-Ray set of the nifty film.^[4]

Reception

Critical response

The film was selected for the Outstanding Sound Intermixture for a Miniseries or straighten up Special award at the Primetime Emmy Awards.^{[citation needed]}

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