stalag 17

[dostacos]

I read that the two ex-POW's who wrote the play Stalag 17 on which the movie was based actually sued the makers of Hogan's Heroes, quite rightly in my opinion, but lost, because apparently there are no similarities!?!?!?!?
I always hated HH because I saw S17 as a kid and thought the TV show was a crap rip-off and about as funny as cancer.
The real life story of Bob Crane however is fascinating as the film Autofocus reveals..fine movie in itself.
As to the Great Escape, good movie , but what was worse than McQueen's wardrobe was James Coburn's supposed 'Aussie" accent, that stank let me tell ya, there were decent Australian actors around UK/Europe at the time like Rod Taylor, Ed Devereaux, Peter Finch and so on who could have handled what was, really, a minor role..why they put in someone who had no idea how to portray the character is an example of Hollywood at it's best/worst.

loved THE GREAT ESCAPE but there was one scene that was about as dumb as all get out.

One of the characters is shown 2 NAZI IDs and is asked which one is the forgery. after a time he chooses one.

The other character Triumphantly declares they are BOTH fakes, implying they are both that good. [huh] [bad] :eusa_doh:
even good movies can have dumb stuff