Movie review: TGE

Rico says that The Great Escape is one of those few movies (well, okay, more than a few) that he can rewatch periodically with great pleasure:

Why? A good story, of course (and mostly true), but a hell of a cast:, Richard Attenborough, Charles Bronson, James Coburn (the look-alike of Rico's friend Tex, above), Gordon Jackson, David McCallum, and, of course, Steve McQueen., the Cooler King, with his famous bike riding: