Reel WAR-31

INSPIRED BY A TRUE STORY

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INSPIRED BY A TRUE STORY; Movie: The conclusion of "The Great Escape II: The Untold Story." It is historical and cinematic fact that during WWII, a large contingent of Allied POWs escaped en masse from the Germans and led their jailers on a merry chase across Europe. (See 1963's "The Great Escape" for details.) It is also a matter of historical and cinematic fact that the Germans recaptured most of the escapees—and that they shot 50 of them in defiance of the Geneva Convention. The untold part of the story is that after the war ended, one of the senior escapees (a Yank in the British Army, played by Christopher Reeve) went into Allied-occupied Germany on a mission for Churchill—to bring to justice the men who murdered the 50. That can't-miss plot, plus the agreeable performances of Reeve, Anthony Denison and Judd Hirsch, distinguish this 1988 TV-sequel. (8 PM 2)

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