The Great Escape (film) Quotes

The Great Escape (film) is a television program that first aired in 1970 . The Great Escape ended in 1970.

It features John Sturges as producer, Elmer Bernstein in charge of musical score, and Daniel L. Fapp as head of cinematography.

The Great Escape (film) is recorded in English, German, and French and originally aired in United States. Each episode of The Great Escape (film) is 172 minutes long. The Great Escape (film) is distributed by United Artists.

The cast includes: James Coburn as Sedgwick, Charles Bronson as Danny, Donald Pleasence as Colin, Heinz Weiss as Ramsey, Gordon Jackson as MacDonald, William Russell as Sorren, James Coburn as Sedgewick, David McCallum as Ashley-Pitt, James Garner as Hendley, John Leyton as Willie, Nigel Stock as Cavendish, Robert Desmond as Griffith, Jud Taylor as Goff, Angus Lennie as Ives, Karl-Otto Alberty as Steinach, Ulrich Beiger as Preissen, and Robert Freitag as POW.

The Great Escape (film) Quotes

James Coburn as Sedgwick

• (James Coburn) "Danny, do you speak Russian?"
• (Charles Bronson) "A little, but only one sentence."
• (James Coburn) "Well, let me have it, mate."
• (Charles Bronson) "Ya vas lyublyu."
• (James Coburn) "Ya ya vas --"
• (Charles Bronson) "Lyublyu."
• (James Coburn) "Lyubliu? Ya vas lyubliu. Ya vas lyublyu. What's it mean?"
• (Charles Bronson) "I love you."
• (James Coburn) "Love you. What bloody good is that?"
• (Charles Bronson) "I don't know, I wasn't going to use it myself."

• (James Coburn) "I'm watching him. I'm a lifeguard."

• (Bartlett) "Gentlemen, no doubt you've heard the immortal words of our new commandant: devote your energies to things other than escape, and sit out the war as comfortably as possible."
• (James Coburn) "Ha."
• (Bartlett) "Well, that's exactly what we're going to do. We're going to devote our energies to sports and gardening, all the cultural pursuits as far as they're concerned. In fact, we're going to put the goons to sleep. Meanwhile, we dig. Now, even a superficial look at the compound shows us that Huts 104 and 5 are closest to the woods. The first tunnel goes out from 105, directly east under the vorlager, the cooler, and the wire."
• (John Leyton) "But that's over three hundred feet, Roger."
• (Bartlett) "Did you make a survey, Dennis?"
• (Nigel Stock) "Only a temporary one, sir. I make it just over three hundred and thirty-five feet."
• (Bartlett) "Let me know when you've got an exact one. Willie, this time we'll dig straight down thirty feet before we go horizontal. That'll rule out any question of sound detection or probing."
• (John Leyton) "All right, Roger. But did you say "the first tunnel"?"
• (Bartlett) "I did. There will be three. We'll call them Tom, Dick, and Harry. Tom, as I said, goes out directly east from 104. Dick goes north from the kitchen, and Harry goes out parallel to Tom from 105. If the goons find one, we'll move into the other."
• (Gordon Jackson) "How many men do you plan to take out, Roger?"
• (Bartlett) "Two hundred and fifty."
• (Bartlett) "There will be no half-measures this time, gentlemen. There will be identification papers and documents for everyone. And Griff, we'll need outfits for the lot."
• (Robert Desmond) "Two hundred and fifty?"
• (Bartlett) "Mostly civilian clothes."
• (Robert Desmond) "Yes, but, um -- okay, Roger."
• (Bartlett) "Mac. Maps, blankets, rations, compasses for all the walkers, and timetables for every train."
• (Gordon Jackson) "Right, Roger."
• (Donald Pleasence) "Sorry I'm late, Roger."
• (Bartlett) "It's all right, Colin. Sit down. We're going to tunnel."
• (Donald Pleasence) "Splendid."
• (Bartlett) "Willie, you and Danny will be tunnel kings. Danny, you'll be in charge of traps, and I'll work out the exact location with you tomorrow."
• (Charles Bronson) "Good."
• (Bartlett) "Sedgwick, manufacturer. Griffith, I said, tailor. Nimmo and Hayes, diversions. Mac, of course, will take care of intelligence. Hendley? We haven't met. Scrounger?"

• (James Coburn) "It's all right. It's all right, mate. We're just having a friendly little argument."

Heinz Weiss as Ramsey

• (Heinz Weiss) "Roger's idea was to get back at the enemy the hardest way he could, mess up the works. From what we've heard here, I think he did exactly that."
• (James Garner) "Do you think it was worth the price?"
• (Heinz Weiss) "Depends on your point of view, Hendley."

• (Heinz Weiss) "Colonel Von Luger, it is the sworn duty of all officers to try to escape. If they cannot escape, then it is their sworn duty to cause the enemy to use an inordinate number of troops to guard them, and their sworn duty to harass the enemy to the best of their ability."

• (Heinz Weiss) "Up the rebels."
• (Jud Taylor) "Down the British."

• (Heinz Weiss) "Colonel, do you expect officers to forget their duty?"
• (Von Luger) "No. It is precisely because we expect the opposite that you are here."

• (Heinz Weiss) "Well, it's rather nice to know that you're wanted."

James Garner as Hendley

• (Hilts) "Wow."
• (James Garner) "Wow."
• (Jud Taylor) "-- wow --"

• (James Garner) "Come on, Roger. We all know the score here, at least -- most of us do. Your idea of this escape is to -- start another front, to foul up the Germans behind the lines. All right, that's fine, that's fine. But once we get passed that barbed wire, once we have them looking all over Germany for us, that mission is accomplished. Afterwards, we have some ideas of our own."
• (Bartlett) "You mean getting home? Back to your family and children?"
• (James Garner) "That's right."
• (Bartlett) "Good God, man. Do you really believe I haven't thought about that, too?"

• (James Garner) "Right."
• (Bartlett) "Dennis, maps and surveys. Colin, you'll take your usual job. Eric, have you thought how you're going to get rid of this dirt?"
• (David McCallum) "Yes, I have. The usual places. I hadn't anticipated three tunnels, but we'll manage."
• (William Russell) "Roger, who's going to handle security for all this?"
• (Bartlett) "You are. I want a system of stooges covering this compound from front to back, checking every goon in and out. I want a signal system so perfect that if ever a ferret gets within fifty feet of any of the huts in which we're working, we can shut down without a sign."

• (Bartlett) "Not Colin. He'd be an appalling hazard to the whole escape. That must be my decision."
• (James Garner) "You want to talk about hazards? Let talk about hazards. Lets talk about you. You're the biggest hazard we have. The Gestapo has you marked. No one has said you can't go."
• (Bartlett) "That's true, and I have thought about the Gestapo. But if you're asking me how a far a commanding officer is allowed to go, or dare go, or should be permitted to play God, I can't answer you."

• (Hilts) "Wow."
• (James Garner) "Wow."
• (Jud Taylor) "Wow."

• (James Garner) "Colin's not a blind man as long as he's with me. And he's going with me."

Donald Pleasence as Colin

• (Donald Pleasence) "You know, he's right. he's right. I really shouldn't go. My eyes have been getting worse and worse. I think they call it progressive Myopia. I can see things up here."
• (Donald Pleasence) "yes I can see it well, but, you're just a blur."
• (James Garner) "I know. Ah, Hell, we'll make it in great shape. Colin, do you have any tea?"
• (Donald Pleasence) "Yes, of course."
• (James Garner) "Let's have some."
• (Donald Pleasence) "Splendid."

• (Donald Pleasence) "Thank you for getting me out."

• (Donald Pleasence) "I can't see a bloody thing."

• (Donald Pleasence) "Afraid this tea's pathetic. Must have used these wretched leaves about twenty times. It's not that I mind so much. Tea without milk is so uncivilized."

• (Donald Pleasence) "Splendid."

Jud Taylor as Goff

• (Jud Taylor) "Was that Sedgewick with his steamer trunk?"
• (Robert Freitag) "Who else?"
• (Jud Taylor) "I wish he was back in Australia with his kangaroos."

David McCallum as Ashley-Pitt

• (David McCallum) "I didn't think he'd get caught so soon."
• (Bartlett) "He wasn't caught."

Robert Desmond as Griffith

• (Bartlett) "Where in God's name did you get these?"
• (Robert Desmond) "Hendley."
• (Bartlett) "Well, where did he get them?"
• (Robert Desmond) "Well, I asked him that."
• (Bartlett) "What did he say?"
• (Robert Desmond) ""Don't ask.""

Karl-Otto Alberty as Steinach

• (Karl-Otto Alberty) "Herr Bartlett-."
• (Karl-Otto Alberty) "Your German is good. And I hear, also, your French. Your arms --"
• (Karl-Otto Alberty) "UP."

Ulrich Beiger as Preissen

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Charles Bronson as Danny

• (Charles Bronson) "Willie, since I was a boy, I hate and fear little rooms, closets, caves."
• (John Leyton) "But Danny, you've dug seventeen tunnels. Over seventeen."
• (Charles Bronson) "Because I must get out. I hide the fear, and I dig. Tomorrow night in the tunnel with all those men -- I'm afraid maybe this time I will lose my head and ruin the escape for everybody."

• (Stratwitch) "Halt."
• (Stratwitch) "Out."
• (Stratwitch) "OUT."
• (Charles Bronson) "Nyet, nyet. Tovarich."
• (Stratwitch) "Oh, he's your friend."
• (Charles Bronson) "Tovarich."
• (Stratwitch) "And who vouches for you, Lieutenant Willenski? Come on out, Sedgewick."
• (Charles Bronson) "Spasiba."

• (Charles Bronson) "Oh, Hendley. I need a pick. Big, heavy one."
• (James Garner) "Only one?"
• (Charles Bronson) "Two would be better."

Nigel Stock as Cavendish

• (Nigel Stock) "5 golds rings, 4 calling birds, bloody singing, hi Hilts."
• (Hilts) "Denys, wait --"
• (Nigel Stock) "3 french hens, 2 turtle doves and a partridge, alley-oop."
• (Hilts) "Never mind."

• (Nigel Stock) "Five gold rings. Four calling birds; bloody singing, I've never worked so hard in all my life. Hi, Hilts."
• (Hilts) "Say, Cavendish --"
• (Nigel Stock) "Four calling birds, three French hens, two turtledoves, and a partridge in a pear; Alley-oop."
• (Hilts) "Never mind."

John Leyton as Willie

• (John Leyton) "How far are the trees, Danny?"
• (Charles Bronson) "Over -- two hundred feet."
• (John Leyton) "Yeah, I'd say three hundred."
• (Charles Bronson) "Long ways to dig."
• (John Leyton) "We'll get Cavendish to make a survey. I wish Big X were here."
• (Charles Bronson) "Willy, you think X got away?"
• (John Leyton) "Well, he'd have sent us word somehow if he had."
• (Charles Bronson) "Gestapo, you think?"
• (John Leyton) "Either that or he's dead."

• (John Leyton) "This is the dirt from the compound."
• (Charles Bronson) "This is from the tunnel."
• (Gordon Jackson) "Wherever we put it, they're going to spot it a mile away."
• (John Leyton) "Well, maybe we could put it under the huts. The dirt's dark there."
• (Gordon Jackson) "Nah. No, it's the first place the ferrets would look. I saw one measuring the height under a hut yesterday."
• (John Leyton) "Well, maybe we could dry it out the same color."
• (Charles Bronson) "We'll have fifty tons of it."
• (John Leyton) "Well, I was just thinking out loud."
• (Bartlett) "If you must think, for God's sake, think clearly. Where the devil is Ashley-Pitt?"
• (Gordon Jackson) "We can't destroy the dirt, and we can't eat it. The only thing left to do is -- camouflage it. That's as far as my thinking takes me."
• (Bartlett) "Didn't they teach you promptness in the R.N.?"
• (David McCallum) "You'll never believe it, but I think I have the solution. The problem is somehow to get rid of this tunnel dirt over the compound."
• (Bartlett) "Well, of course."
• (David McCallum) "Would you mind?"
• (David McCallum) "Now -- you fill these bags with the dirt from the tunnel. Then, wearing them inside your trousers, you wander out into the compound, where you pull these strings in your pockets. Out come the pins --"
• (Charles Bronson) "Eric, it's good."
• (David McCallum) "All you have to do is -- kick it in. Unless you're a complete fool, the ferrets will never see a thing."
• (Gordon Jackson) "It's indecently brilliant. What do you think, Roger?"
• (Bartlett) "We'll try it first thing tomorrow."
• (David McCallum) "I already have. It works."

Angus Lennie as Ives

• (Stratwitch) "Your name?"
• (Angus Lennie) "Ives."
• (Stratwitch) "Ives -- Ives -- Oh, yes. Archibald Ives. Scot. The photograph doesn't do justice."
• (Angus Lennie) "I'd like to see one of you under similar circumstances."

• (Hilts) "What do they call a mole in Scotland?"
• (Angus Lennie) "A mole?"
• (Hilts) "Aye."

William Russell as Sorren

• (William Russell) "Roger, who's going to handle security for this lot?"
• (Bartlett) "You are."

• (William Russell) "What the hell have you got in there, a piano?"
• (James Coburn) "Oh, that's very funny, mate."
• (William Russell) "Sedgewick, you won't get this thing through."
• (James Coburn) "I'll cope."

Gordon Jackson as MacDonald

• (Gordon Jackson) "Oh my God, they found Tom."

• (Bartlett) "In the three years, seven months and two weeks that I've been in the bag, that's the most extraordinary stuff I've ever tasted. It's shattering."
• (Gordon Jackson) "Well, I think it's rather good -- Well, with your permission, sir, I think I'll all on kives. Er, call on Ives."

• (Bartlett) "Hilts, how do you breathe?"
• (Hilts) "Oh, we got a steel rod with hinges on it. We'll shove it up and make air holes as we go along."
• (Hilts) "G'night, sir."
• (Gordon Jackson) "Why didn't anyone think of that before? It's so stupid, it's positively brilliant."
• (Gordon Jackson) "Oh, but it'll bring every goon in the camp down on top of us."
• (Bartlett) "I don't know. Perhaps we're being too clever. If we stop all the breakouts, it will only convince the goons we must be tunneling."
• (Heinz Weiss) "I hope it works. If it doesn't, those two will be in the cooler for an awfully long time."

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