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Sep 2023
56m 11s

The Great Escape (1963) and Rocky III (1...

Simon Brew
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For the latest episode of the Film Stories podcast, a war movie, a boxing movie, and a few problems in the making of both. 1963's The Great Escape was a film that director John Sturges couldn't initially get off the ground, and he needed his success with The Magnificent Seven to make it happen. When it did? It wasn't the easiest of productions, with a lot of ... Show More
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