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Auction History Result 9z0977 GREAT ESCAPE Polish 23x33 1967 John Sturges classic, different Gorka prison break art, rare! Date Sold 10/28/2021 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original 1967 (from the first release of this movie in Poland) Vintage Theatrical Folded Polish Movie Poster (23x33; measures 22 3/4" x 33" [58 x 84 cm]) (Learn More) The Great Escape, the classic 1963 John Sturges World War II (WWII) military prison escape crime adventure thriller ("The great adventure! The great entertainment!"; "1:06 AM What went into these few secon1963 ds... 1:07 AM The hell... the heroism... the high adventure... 1:08 AM Make for the screen's great entertainment!"; with a superb "Screenplay by James Clavell & W.R. Burnett", "Based upon the book by Paul Brickhill"; note that this was largely a true story, but it was of course "enlarged" to make it even more dramatic, and some American prisoners, who were not at the actual prison camp, were added, so that the movie could include American actors James Garner and Steve McQueen) starring Steve McQueen (as Hilts "The Cooler King"), James Garner (as Hendley "The Scrounger"), Richard Attenborough (as Roger Bartlett, "Big X"), James Donald (as Group Capt. Ramsey "The SBO"), Charles Bronson (as Danny Velinski "Tunnel King"), Donald Pleasence (as Colin Blythe "The Forger"), James Coburn (as Sedgwick "Manufacturer"), Hannes Messemer (as Col. Von Luger "The Kommandant"), David McCallum (as Eric Ashley-Pitt "Dispersal"), Gordon Jackson (as Sandy "Mac" MacDonald "Intelligence"), John Leyton (as Willie Dickes "The Tunneler"), Angus Lennie (as Archibald "Archie" Ives "The Mole"), Nigel Stock (as Denys Cavendish "The Surveyor"), Robert Graf (as Werner "The Ferret"), William Russell (as Sorren), Lawrence Montaigne (as Haynes "Diversions"), Robert Desmond (as "Griff" Griffith "Tailor"), and Bud Ekins (Steve McQueen's friend, who performed the motorcycle jump at the film's climax, but he was uncredited, and almost everyone thought McQueen had done the jump himself!) NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Artist: Wiktor Gorka Important Added Info: Note that this poster has wonderful Wiktor Gorka art that is unlike any art for this movie we have ever seen, and it shows the prisoners escaping by plane, by motorcycle, and on foot, just as it occurs in the movie! We have only auctioned one example of this poster and that was in 2016 and it sold for $905! Note also that this poster was folded at one time but has been laying flat for a long time and will be sent rolled in a tube. Condition: good to very good. The poster has slightly darkened along portions of the folds and it has some creases and tiny tears along portions of the edges (backed with conservation tape in the center of the edges). There is a larger tear at lower right that is repaired with tape from the back in a similar way. It has a few tiny areas of paper loss in the right edge (see our image). It is otherwise in pretty nice condition and after a relatively simple linenbacking the ultra rare poster will look great! Learn More about condition grades 
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