Followed by
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story (1988) (TV)
Edited into
Return to 'The Great Escape' (1993) (V)
- this documentary is about the great escape the real one and the movie version
References
La grande illusion (1937)
Referenced in
"Animaniacs: Video Review/When Mice Ruled the Earth (#1.47)" (????)
- Seen on video store shelf in 'Video Review'
Il giovedi (1963)
- the untrue story invented by the father to impress the son is ispired to the Great Escape film
Night Must Fall (1964)
The Horror of Party Beach (1964)
"Batman: The Great Escape (#3.21)" (1968)
- title reference
Papillon (1973)
Chelovek ukhodit za ptitsami (1975)
Diabolo menthe (1977)
"Starsky and Hutch: The Trap (#3.15)" (1978)
- Joey refers to this movie by name when talking about how to escape the barn.
The Ninth Configuration (1980)
"Alice: The Great Escape (#5.17)" (1981)
- title reference
Victory (1981)
The Goonies (1985)
- The music played when the kids discover the tunnel in the Fratellis' hideout by accidentally pouring water down it, is the same piece of music played in The Great Escape (1963) when the Germans discover the prisoners' first tunnel by accidentally pouring coffee down it.
Big Trouble (1986)
Metal Gear (1987) (VG)
"Married with Children: The Great Escape (#2.18)" (1988)
- title reference
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Huo shao dao (1990)
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School (1990)
- "We saw all the great war movies" (one of the list)
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: Godzilla vs. Megalon (#3.12)" (1991)
- As a character rides off on a motorcycle, Joel says, "It's Steve McQueen!"
"The Flash: Be My Baby (#1.13)" (1991)
- Barry mentions it as a classic he owns on LaserDisc.
Delicatessen (1991)
"Empty Nest: The Great Escape (#4.15)" (1992)
- title reference
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
- Mr. Brown mentions this film during his 'Like a Virgin' speech.
"Seinfeld: The Glasses (#5.3)" (1993)
- reenactment of scene
Eddie Izzard: Unrepeatable (1994) (V)
- A bit in which the film is mentioned by name and the plot outlined
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Skydivers (#7.9)" (1994)
- Mike hums the theme.
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
- Andy uses the same method of getting rid of the dirt from his tunnel.
"Love & War: The Great Escape (#3.4)" (1994)
- Title reference
"Game-On: The Great Escape (#1.4)" (1995)
- Title reference
Twelve Monkeys (1995)
- Jeffrey calls James' disappearance from the hospital "The Great Escape"
"Nash Bridges: The Great Escape (#2.3)" (1996)
- title reference
"Married with Children: Breaking Up Is Easy to Do: Part 1 (#11.14)" (1997)
- Al offers Peggy to take her to this film.
"Sabrina, the Teenage Witch: The Great Mistake (#1.22)" (1997)
- From the episode title
Wadd: The Life & Times of John C. Holmes (1998)
- "The Great Escape" is mentioned during an interview.
Um fa (1998)
- Lau Ching Wan bounces a superball against his cell, much like Steve McQueen did in The Great Escape.
"From the Earth to the Moon" (1998)
The Parent Trap (1998)
"The X Files: Agua Mala (#6.13)" (1999)
- A poster can be seen at Vincent's living room.
Baby Geniuses (1999)
Eddie Izzard: Dress to Kill (1999) (V)
"Spin City: The Great Debate (#4.7)" (1999)
- title reference
The Tao of Steve (2000)
- Used as an example of a "Steve;" theme music is played.
Guns for Hire: The Making of 'The Magnificent Seven' (2000) (TV)
- mentionned once
Chicken Run (2000)
- In solitary confinement (prison), Ginger tosses a tennis ball against the wall.
Charlie's Angels (2000)
"EastEnders: (2000-12-25)" (2000)
- Eddie says "Personally, I prefer a good film to a game show. I don't even mind if I've seen it a couple of times but it's got to be a classic." Ian replies, "What? Like The Great Escape?"
Lucky Break (2001)
Ocean's Eleven (2001)
Mean Machine (2001)
Hart's War (2002)
"Six Feet Under: The Secret (#2.10)" (2002)
- Keith mentions the film.
A Man Called Jones: The Real Virgil Hilts (2002) (V)
xXx (2002)
The Emperor's Club (2002)
- Playing catch against a wall like Steve McQueen in this movie
S.W.A.T. (2003)
Abjad (2003)
"Peep Show: (#1.3)" (2003)
- Jez compares his awkward evening at Toni's with the test in the film.
Ricky Gervais Live: Animals (2003) (V)
- Ricky whistles the soundtrack while shaking his leg in the same manner as in the movie while they dropped sand from their trousers
"Arrested Development: Key Decisions (#1.4)" (2003)
- Gob Bluth wears a baseball glove in the prison yard, like Steve McQueen in The Great Escape; earlier, Lucille Bluth specifically mentioned Steve McQueen
Back to Gaya (2004)
- news story called "The Great TV Escape"
"Tripping the Rift: Emasculating Chode (#1.11)" (2004)
- Whip is seen bouncing a ball against the wall
"Rosemary & Thyme: The Memory of Water (#2.1)" (2004)
- The girls wonder if the convicts will escape over the garden wall like Steve McQueen.
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (2004) (VG)
- Major Tom says that his codename comes from the Tom tunnel in The Great Escape.
"Top Gear: (2004-12-19)" (2004)
- Mentioned by Eddie Izzard and later by Jeremy
"Auf Wiedersehen, Pet: Au Revoir: Part 2 (#5.2)" (2004)
- Referenced by name
Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing & Charm School (2005)
- "We saw all the great war movies" (one of the list)
The 100 Greatest Cartoons (2005) (TV)
- Chicken Run is referred to as "The Great Escape with chickens"
Alien Apocalypse (2005) (TV)
- One of the escape scenes is based on a scene from The Great Escape.
The Sandlot 2 (2005) (V)
- He sees the poster for the movie and then they dig underground
The 100 Greatest War Films (2005) (TV)
- One of the films on the list
The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse (2005)
- Scene where they catch out Wolf Lipp by speaking german when he is pretending to be an englishman
"Midsomer Murders: Midsomer Rhapsody (#8.8)" (2005)
- After a victim is decapitated with ba wire stretched across the road, Scott refers to it as a Steve McQueen.
"House M.D.: Hunting (#2.7)" (2005)
- House bounces/catches a ball in his office the same way Capt. Hilts did in the cooler. He later gives the name "Steve McQueen" to a mouse he's trying to catch.
"House M.D.: Failure to Communicate (#2.10)" (2006)
- House bounces a ball in a manner similar to Steve McQueen's character Hilts.
Petrified (2006) (V)
- phrase "the great escape" said
"That Mitchell and Webb Look: (#1.5)" (2006)
- The German host of Numberwang tricks a contestant into speaking English by wishing them "Good Luck".
"Supernatural: The Usual Suspects (#2.7)" (2006)
- Dean writes a letter to Sam addressed to Hilts and signed by McQueen.
Paybacks Are a Bitch (2007) (V)
- mentioned once
Son of Rambow (2007)
- When Lee is isolated by teachers he sits in the corridor bouncing a ball against the wall - just like Capt. Hilts in The Great Escape.
Goal II: Living the Dream (2007)
- mentioned by Gavin
"Top Gear: (2007-03-04)" (2007)
- Jeremy mentions how getting in his Panda is like the escape in The Great Escape
"Shaun the Sheep: Fleeced (#1.14)" (2007)
- As the sheep dig an escape tunnel, music similar to "The Great Escape" theme is heard.
"Supernatural: Folsom Prison Blues (#2.19)" (2007)
- When Dean is in solitary he wishes that he had a baseball, like Steve McQueen. McQueen threw a baseball in the wall when he was in solitary in The Great Escape
The Return of 'Allo 'Allo! (2007) (TV)
- Mentioned by the narrator
"Heroes: Chapter Eleven 'Powerless' (#2.11)" (2007/II)
- Noah Bennett passes the time in confinement by bouncing a ball against a wall, like Hilts.
"The O'Reilly Factor: (2008-04-15)" (2008)
- This film was referenced during 'The Great American Culture Quiz' segment.
Tropic Thunder (2008)
- Characters refer to the plot
The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning (2008) (V)
- In jail, Ray-Ray bounces a ball against a wall in the same way Capt. Hilts does.
Marley & Me (2008)
- "the great escape" mentioned in dialogue
The Supermarket (2009)
- Character behaves like the Cooler King, bouncing a ball off a wall in a dairy cooler
Monsters vs Aliens (2009)
- Bob in his cell bouncing a rubber ball to pass the time.
Terminator Salvation (2009)
- when Marcus takes a motorcycle and jumps over a barb wired baracade its exactly like when Steve McQueen jumped over a barb wired baracade in the great escape
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
- General Ed Fenech says "We have all our rotten eggs in one basket"...similiar to a line spoken by Kommandant von Luger in The Great Escape: "We have in effect put all our rotten eggs in one basket."
"Jeopardy!: (#26.54)" (2009)
- Reference in a $400 clue in the category "Born & Died"
Featured in
Precious Images (1986)
One More Saturday Night (1986)
- Scenes are shown on a television set.
Return to 'The Great Escape' (1993) (V)
- many clips are shown
100 Years at the Movies (1994) (TV)
Steve McQueen: The King of Cool (1998) (TV)
The Great Escape: A Standing Ovation (2001) (TV)
- clips shown
The Great Escape: Bringing Fact to Fiction (2001) (TV)
- clips shown
The Great Escape: Preparations for Freedom (2001) (TV)
- clips shown
The Great Escape: The Flight to Freedom (2001) (TV)
- clips shown
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Thrills: America's Most Heart-Pounding Movies (2001) (TV)
- This film is #19 on the list.
Who Is Cletis Tout? (2001)
Bandits (2001)
The 100 Greatest War Films (2005) (TV)
- Clips are shown
Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool (2005) (TV)
- excerpt shown
War Stories (2006) (TV)
- clips are shown
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters (2006)
- clip
Spoofed in
"Get Smart: The Not-So-Great Escape: Part 1 (#4.25)" (1969)
- The title 'the not so great escape' is a spoof of the title 'the great escape'
"Get Smart: The Not-So-Great Escape: Part 2 (#4.26)" (1969)
- The title 'the not so great escape' is a spoof of the title 'the great escape'
The Great Bank Robbery (1969)
"Monty Python's Flying Circus: Mr. and Mrs. Brian Norris' Ford Popular (#3.2)" (1972)
- There is a version of the film as presented by the 'Trim Jeans Theatre', including the original theme.
Top Secret! (1984)
Dead End (1985)
- McQueen look-alike in WWII uniform, riding motorcycle
"'Allo 'Allo!: The Great Un-Escape (#3.6)" (1987)
- Title Reference, Rene, Edith, The Waitresses & Monsieur Alfonse taking pans of dirt out of the hole they were digging is identical to the prisoners taking bags of dirt out in The Great Escape and in the ending of this episode they end up in a Prisoner of war camp
"The Simpsons: A Streetcar Named Marge (#4.2)" (1992)
- Maggie's stay at the "Ayn Rand School for Tots" daycare center leads to a spoof on "The Great Escape". After the pacifiers and bottles are taken from the children, Maggie derives a scheme to retreive them. During this attempt the up-beat "scheme" theme song from the movie is played. When the attempt fails, Maggie is thrown in "The Box" just as Steve McQueen is thrown in "the cooler". The final detail added, when Maggie is taken to "the box" another baby throws her a ball. This is referring to how Steve McQueen passes the time by throwing a ball against the wall and catching it when he is in "The Cooler".
Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994)
- Frank gets rid of dirt from the tunnel in his prison cell by using various methods, including the one used in The Great Escape.
My Fellow Americans (1996)
- When James Gardner push Jack Lemmon off the train it is similar to what happened in "The Great Escape" when he pushes the Forger off the train.
Chicken Run (2000)
Charlie's Angels (2000)
"Spaced: Change (#2.2)" (2001)
- The scene where the unemployment agent tricks Daisy by asking her a question in Vietnamese is a nod to a similar scene towards the end of The Great Escape.
"Top Gear: (2002-10-27)" (2002)
- Jeremy spoofs the Germans in this film when he talks about MG and BMW
La gran aventura de Mortadelo y Filemón (2003)
- When Mortadelo and Filemon are in jail, the policeman locks them in a little fridge. The solitary confinement where Steve McQueen was put into every time he tried to escape was translated to Spanish as "la nevera" ("the fridge").
Purple Gas (2003)
Churchill: The Hollywood Years (2004)
- character shot on railway platform staggers sideways while holding chest
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