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* Hendley (an RAF pilot) and Colin actually manage to steal a German plane and almost make it home. Also nice to see a Bf-108 playing itself.

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* Hendley (an RAF pilot) and Colin actually manage to steal a German plane and almost make it home. Also nice to see a Bf-108 playing itself.
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* Hendley and Colin actually manage to steal a German plane. While it's a little historically inaccurate and it failed to even take off it was still ''really'' cool.

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* Hendley (an RAF pilot) and Colin actually manage to steal a German plane. While it's a little historically inaccurate plane and almost make it failed home. Also nice to even take off it was still ''really'' cool.see a Bf-108 playing itself.
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* Hendley and Colin actually manage to steal a German plane. While it's a little historically inaccurate [[spoiler:and it failed to even take off]] it was still ''really'' cool.

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* Hendley and Colin actually manage to steal a German plane. While it's a little historically inaccurate [[spoiler:and and it failed to even take off]] off it was still ''really'' cool.



* The fact that Danny has pretty severe claustrophobia and [[spoiler: nearly snaps when the lights go down]] just serves to make it more awesome when you remember that he's dug so many tunnels, and has even been buried alive on some occasions.
** Also, the fact that Danny and Willy were some of the few who [[spoiler: managed to escape]].

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* The fact that Danny has pretty severe claustrophobia and [[spoiler: nearly snaps when the lights go down]] down just serves to make it more awesome when you remember that he's dug so many tunnels, and has even been buried alive on some occasions.
** Also, the fact that Danny and Willy were some of the few who [[spoiler: managed to escape]].escape.
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* Hendley and Colin actually manage to steal a German plane. While it's a little historically inaccurate [[spoiler:and it failed]] it was still ''really'' cool.

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* Hendley and Colin actually manage to steal a German plane. While it's a little historically inaccurate [[spoiler:and it failed]] failed to even take off]] it was still ''really'' cool.
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** Also, the fact that Danny and Willy were some of the few who [[spoiler: managed to escape]].

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** Also, the fact that Danny and Willy were some of the few who [[spoiler: managed to escape]].escape]].
* Ashley-Pitt's HeroicSacrifice, taking out a Nazi who recognizes Bartlett after Ashely-Pitt himself had been avoiding notice.
* The montage of so many prisoners trying to escape the camp within minutes of arriving (such as by hiding in trucks or trying to march out with the woodcutters) is a great EstablishingCharacterMoment for the whole cast, even if none of them succeed in getting out right then.
* The French Resistance gun down some German officers at a cafe after getting the nearby Sedgewick out of the line of fire, then drink a toast with the wine from the dead Germans' table.

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* Hendley and Colin actually manage to steal a German plane! While it's a little historically inaccurate [[spoiler:and it failed]] it was still ''really'' cool.

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* Hendley and Colin actually manage to steal a German plane! plane. While it's a little historically inaccurate [[spoiler:and it failed]] it was still ''really'' cool.



* The fact that Danny has pretty severe claustrophobia and [[spoiler: nearly snaps when the lights go down]] just serves to make it more awesome when you remember that he's dug so many tunnels, and has even been buried alive on some occasions.

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* The fact that Danny has pretty severe claustrophobia and [[spoiler: nearly snaps when the lights go down]] just serves to make it more awesome when you remember that he's dug so many tunnels, and has even been buried alive on some occasions.occasions.
** Also, the fact that Danny and Willy were some of the few who [[spoiler: managed to escape]].
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* The fact that Danny has pretty severe claustrophobia and [[spoiler: nearly snaps when the lights go down]] just serves to make it more awesome when you remember that he's dug so many tunnels, and has even been buried alive on some occasions.
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* The fact that Danny has pretty severe claustrophobia and [[spoiler: nearly snaps when the lights go down]] just serves to make it more awesome when you remember that he's dug so many tunnels, and has even been buried alive on some occasions.
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* The fact that Danny has pretty severe claustrophobia and [[spoiler: nearly snaps when the lights go down]] just serves to make it more awesome when you remember that he's dug so many tunnels, and has even been buried alive on some occasions.

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* The fact that Danny has pretty severe claustrophobia and [[spoiler: nearly snaps when the lights go down]] just serves to make it more awesome when you remember that he's dug so many tunnels, and has even been buried alive on some occasions.occasions.
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* SteveMcQueen iconically heading to Switzerland on his motorcycle.

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* SteveMcQueen Hilts iconically heading to Switzerland on his motorcycle.
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* Hendley and Colin actually manage to steal a german plane! While it's a little historically inaccurate [[spoiler:and it failed]] it was still ''really'' cool.

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* Hendley and Colin actually manage to steal a german German plane! While it's a little historically inaccurate [[spoiler:and it failed]] it was still ''really'' cool.
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* The fact that Danny has pretty severe claustrophobia and [[spoiler: nearly snaps when the lights go down]] just serves to make it more awesome when you remember that he's dug so many tunnels, and has even been buried alive on some occasions.
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* Hendley and Colin actually manage to steal a german plane! While it's a little historically inaccurate [[spoiler:and it failed]] it was still ''really'' cool.

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