When I was in high school _The Great Escape_ was about 4 or 5 years old. One day in September of 1968 a certain high school senior viewed the movie on TV. I thought McQueen/Hilts were very cool. A Saturday a few days later I dressed myself in an inside-out, cutoff sweatshirt and white Levis, I borrowed my friend's Honda 160cc motorcycle and rode across town to my high school's football game, played at the opponent's school. Immediately after the game, trying to look at casual and as calm as I could, I rode up and down the school's street, helmetless of course, there for all to see. For about a half hour I was McQueen/Hilts, or so I imagined.
I enjoyed all Steve McQueen’s performances...I think he’s a coolest actor I ever seen...he has many special characters...how natural!! Thanks for the video!!
The clip when McQueen stops to decide his next move he opens the gas tank and shakes the bike to see how much ⛽ fuel he had was not in the script, a move only a true biker would do.
My first little dirt bike I got when I was about 13. My Dad joked 'are you going to run across our pasture like Steve McQueen in 'The Great Escape'?" (I did start ramping terraces on it just like Steve.) I learned this move from McQueen-whenever stopped for whatever reason pop the cap and shake the bike to check gas. Thanks King of Cool!
Triumph TR6 Trophy The motorcycles used during chase scene in film The Great Escape were 1961 Triumph TR6 Trophy models disguised as German BMW R75 motorcycles. The star of the movie, Steve McQueen, did much of the riding for the film himself, although Bud Ekins performed the famous jump scene as McQueen's stunt double.
Steve McQuenn without any doubt the coolest cat in Hollywood ever!! Freeze the frame at 0:52/53, Steve looks in command of the scene and definitely badass even sporting a german soldier uniform. Unforgettable moment.
1982 my first bike honda xl 250trials bike, but soon after joined british army,first weeks leave couldnt wait to get back on it and as a big lover of the great escape and steves epic bike scene i had to go out onto the farmland near my home with a big grass bank and a 4 foot fence at top,i sailed over it with a hell yeah.oh the joys of youth and the spirit of steve mcqueen for inspiration.RIP GREAT MAN...
@@petercousins1645 Nobody said he did ALL the stunts. But he did do some. He did actually ride the bike on the road and on some of the more difficult hilly terrain. A stunt professional did the more difficult stunts, but McQueen DID do some of the not-so-difficult ones.
Steve McQueen did a lot of the stunts in that scene. He wanted to do the jump over the boundary fence but the producer refused on the grounds that if he injured himself it would have delayed the release of the film. The jump was actually performed by stunt rider Bud Eakins & he did it on a British Triumph.
It'd been better if he'd stolen a Beemer from the Germans and jumped with that! But you can tell its a Triumph from the trail of oil its leaving behind.
One of my all-time favorite movies. I have seen this movie hundreds and hundreds of times and it gets better each time. Long live The Cooler King. Hilts welcome home.
This scene wouldn't be half as good without the music. There have been themes AS good as the one in The Great Escape, but the score overall has to be the best in film history.
I have the soundtrack on vinyl (record). I found it in a store in Rochester N.Y. ( House of Guitars). I,m playing it all the time when I,m working in my yard or cutting wood. Great soundtrack. Another great soundtrack album I have is the movie Patton. His speech too his troops in the beginning and his speech at the end when he says that all glory is fleeting.
Today some guy drove by on what was literally the loudest motorcycle i've ever heard, and my dad said he was going to string the wire across the road like Steve McQueen does.
As a British Triumph motorcycle collector, can you imagine finding this origional bike that Bud Eakins rode in this film all these years later?? Talk about exciting!! Then just think how much this bike woukd be worth fully documented and sitting in collection or some man cave... Ahh what a thought!!😃
Doesn't matter what year you are watching; If this particular movie doesn't belong to one of your top TEN, then you have no taste in movies; and I pity you!
The same director as the Magnificent Seven, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson and James Coburn, who were also in The Seven and the same composer Elmer Bernstein, so a bit of a reunion.
Steve McQueen was a great actor for his time this reminds me about the great escape of defector in North Korea that made it to the other side of south Korea good one👍👍👍👍👍
Someone i knew, knew Steve. During national service the guy i knew was asked what he was good at. Sign writing was the family business. So given task to sign write the doors on the garrison buildings. Whilst doing a door he overheard a conversation by officers about trying to find motorcycle dispatch riders. He letter told them he could ride, so became cyclist and joined the garrison display team. After service he joined a national scramble team and became friends with McQueen. He said funny how life leads in certain ways, if it wasn't for the chance overhearing a conversation.
I remember watching this as a young child, maybe 8yrs old, with my father. When he told me this was based on a true story I could hardly believe men that could pull something like this off could be real. I know now some scenes were added or exaggerated, but to think they actually got that many guys out of a tunnel... I would have been resigned to my fate of sitting out the war in a pow camp, but that wasn't an option for some men.
so awesome, especially when you recall that McQueen actually played double roles: Hilts, and some of the Germans chasing Hilts. the German stunt riders couldn't keep up With McQueen, so Hilts threw on a German Uniform and Goggles and did some takes as a Pursuer, such as that little bit at 4:22 . the German on the single bike is actually McQueen.
Always liked McQueen's little pat of the motorcycle's gas tank after he crashes into the barbed wire. Like he was saying "thanks old girl for almost getting me there'.
There is no such badass in American Cinema today. Dude was so badass that they couldn't find a stuntman to keep up with him in these scenes. So he wore a German Outfit and chased himself in several scenes.
My favorite movie, especially this motorcycle scene,.... when I was a teen. Flash forward to year 2010, and I'm already 57 years old, and by then had driven my 1985 Honda 150cc Scooter for many years. Top speed 65, but I never drove it faster than 45 to 50 mph, daily, on average. It is not an "off the road" scooter,...but I happened to be in a city park , and it was summertime,...I'm driving very cautiously over the grassy areas, in an open field, mostly. I get it in my mind, on a whim, that I want to try to "jump" my scooter like, "Steve McQueen". Forgetting I survived a heart attack when I was 47, had my chest cut open, and received double bi-pass surgery,.....and by 2007, was already lame in one leg. But for some reason I was momentarily, (insane). I scouted out some low rise, short hills, that were no higher that 3 to 4 feet. I just seized the moment,.....and drove parallel to them for a bit, then picked a place that looked feasible, and headed towards them, while accelerating my speed. THEN BOOM! I hit the "sweet spot", and my scooter and I flew up in the air! For mere few seconds I was airborne. Next, I saw the ground below me, fall away. Seconds later, I landed on the top of the crest, and luckily never lost control. My scooter landed hard,....its tiny 8 inch diameter tires, and mushy springs, just barely absorbed the impact. No harm, no foul, I survived, & my scooter survived. I felt 30 years younger instantly! For the win!
The German soldier who put him back in his cell after recapture was seriously like: "Man, I'm sorry you got caught, I respect the hell out of you for that sick jump over the spiky fence of death, but you gotta go back in now. Best of luck next time."
The great escape movie means one will definitely remember the great actor Steve Ma Queen. First I saw this movie I was 25 years now Iam 70 yrs. I think I have seen twice to three times. Always recollecting this movie with same age group people Now on seeing this bits really thrilled especially motor cycle ride of hero.steeve macqueen.
The top of the top, what ever your age, your country, if you are à rider or not, like the Bullit chase !! Thanks a million Mister Steve MCqueen Forever yours
My all time favourite actor Steve McQueen ❤ 🤗 My all time favourite film ❤ Watched this a thousand times but only recently found out it was a stunt double who jumped the wire and not Steve. The director didn't want to risk injuries and Steve was really miffed about that. We all know he was a bike fanatic and could have done the jump perfectly himself but Directors have the final say. Brilliant film anyway. 👍
He was riding a Triumph, because BMW didn't have that kind of performance then. Great movie - most of the stunt work was done by Bud Ekins (RIP) for insurance reasons.
I love Steve Mc Queen ! He was the hottest star in Hollywood ...and Pilipinos love his movies too.i the last film i was able to watch " Le' Mans " about car racing .. its his carrer too !
Yeah they didn't have enough stunt riders so the German on the single bike chasing him is Steve McQueen. He was chasing himself, as the stunt coordinator put it in an interview.
Interesting fact. Steve was such a good motorcycle rider that it is actually him in a German uniform chasing himself. They shot it that way. Legend died to young. Another one his son Chad top martial artist was one of the cobra kais in karate kid 1984
If Hilts had injured or killed a German Army soldier while stealing the motorbike, the German authorities would have been entitled to punish him for doing so: it's unlikely that he would have been returned to the prison-camp.
If he just sat out to dark and crawled through the wire after hiking to a quiet spot. Classic scene and his skills are amazing on such a old but modified bike.
CGなんて無かった時代の大スケール映像活劇！！
私はこの映画、一番好きなのでした！
脚本も良いし配役も良いし監督も良いし、そして音楽が良いのです！
When I was in high school _The Great Escape_ was about 4 or 5 years old. One day in September of 1968 a certain high school senior viewed the movie on TV. I thought McQueen/Hilts were very cool. A Saturday a few days later I dressed myself in an inside-out, cutoff sweatshirt and white Levis, I borrowed my friend's Honda 160cc motorcycle and rode across town to my high school's football game, played at the opponent's school. Immediately after the game, trying to look at casual and as calm as I could, I rode up and down the school's street, helmetless of course, there for all to see. For about a half hour I was McQueen/Hilts, or so I imagined.
Jim's Stuff Hey, if I could I’d have done the exact same thing, in my case it was on my 1 speed Columbia bicycle
What a lovely story
What a cool guy you were beautiful story xx
Yea I did the exact same thing with my five speed Schwin blue bike!They were the top if the line bikes in the sixties!
LOL SAD
I enjoyed all Steve McQueen’s performances...I think he’s a coolest actor I ever seen...he has many special characters...how natural!! Thanks for the video!!
Everyone has their favorite Steve McQueen film, but I feel this was him at his best. A few moments of freedom on the bike against the blue sky.
It’s up there, probably the last time he willingly shared the screen with anyone else
Those moments who are filled with trepidation, apprehension could be elated??? 🙃
In real life no American was at this camp.
A very classic movie
Are you still alive
watched this so many times....he will make it one of these days !!
Cette scène est exceptionnelle !!! Avec la bonne musique qui lui va si bien !!!
Elle consomme pas la moto de la Silesie à la Suisse, cela fait un bout !900 Bornes !!😂😂😂😂
The clip when McQueen stops to decide his next move he opens the gas tank and shakes the bike to see how much ⛽ fuel he had was not in the script, a move only a true biker would do.
My first little dirt bike I got when I was about 13. My Dad joked 'are you going to run across our pasture like Steve McQueen in 'The Great Escape'?" (I did start ramping terraces on it just like Steve.) I learned this move from McQueen-whenever stopped for whatever reason pop the cap and shake the bike to check gas. Thanks King of Cool!
Is it hard to see in the tank or just listen to schloss around
@@petrussian8253 I check to see how much 'slosh' goes over the bottom of the inside of tank to gauge time/distance.
It's not even in the movie it's a shell Ad, thicko.
@@tomservo5347 *Got a fuel Gauge on mine !*
What a dude. The True King of Cool! Died too young.
Yes he died very early age not even completed 50 years . RIP Mc Queen
@@v.nageswararao4313 Cigarettes have a way of doing that!
I love the way he pats the bike near the end. "We tried my friend."
what bike was that ? 500cc twin exhaust ?
Triumph TR6 Trophy
The motorcycles used during chase scene in film The Great Escape were 1961 Triumph TR6 Trophy models disguised as German BMW R75 motorcycles. The star of the movie, Steve McQueen, did much of the riding for the film himself, although Bud Ekins performed the famous jump scene as McQueen's stunt double.
Your bike is your steed, you always give it a good boy pat after every ride and sometimes even when you just walk by it parked in the garage.
R.I.P. Steve. You are forever missed!
Steve McQueen was multi talented person in real life too, amazing actor.
I wish he got to play James Bond he'd have been the best 007 without doubt
Steve McQuenn without any doubt the coolest cat in Hollywood ever!! Freeze the frame at 0:52/53, Steve looks in command of the scene and definitely badass even sporting a german soldier uniform. Unforgettable moment.
Fantastic movie. McQueen did his own motorcycle stunts. He also did the Mustang chase in Bullitt. HECK of an actor.
My favorite too! The Great Escape,Le Mans and Bullitt were his best.
@William Keck McQueen didn’t do the fence jump stunt
@@ObamaFromKenya who did?
@@williamkeck7378 the stunt driver Bud Eakins and he jumped on a British Triumph. He’s a legend as a driver in Hollywood
@@ObamaFromKenya had a friend years ago that had a triumph Bonneville. Nice bike. Have a blessed weekend.
初めて観た洋画。スティーブ・マックィーンのシンプルな服装とバイク。気付いたら、そのスタイルで若い頃はバイクで休日を謳歌した！
全編観たくなりました！Thank-you!
1982 my first bike honda xl 250trials bike, but soon after joined british army,first weeks leave couldnt wait to get back on it and as a big lover of the great escape and steves epic bike scene i had to go out onto the farmland near my home with a big grass bank and a 4 foot fence at top,i sailed over it with a hell yeah.oh the joys of youth and the spirit of steve mcqueen for inspiration.RIP GREAT MAN...
Steve McQueen made another great car racing movie in 1971 , LE MANS . Well worth watching .
Tom horn Nevada smith great escape the sandpebbles bullitt
Wanted died or alive
Terrific action film with McQueen doing all his own stunts! The film's 3-hours long and worth every minute.
he did not do the stunts, a stuntman did them!
@@petercousins1645 I've read that he played the German cyclist chasing him. But that a stunt double actually jumped the fenceline.
@@petercousins1645 Nobody said he did ALL the stunts. But he did do some. He did actually ride the bike on the road and on some of the more difficult hilly terrain. A stunt professional did the more difficult stunts, but McQueen DID do some of the not-so-difficult ones.
@@garypulliam3740 fair do' s mate he was damned good!!
Couldn’t agree more
Of course McQueen is cool... the guy served in my beloved Corps before he became an actor.
も～う本当に本当に影響大でした。中学生の時に観ました。「パピヨン」も、その後の人生観に決定的な影響を受けました。頑張るということを知りました。
assisti o filme ainda criança....lembro até hoje...maravilha
grande Steve!!!!
Steve McQueen did a lot of the stunts in that scene. He wanted to do the jump over the boundary fence but the producer refused on the grounds that if he injured himself it would have delayed the release of the film. The jump was actually performed by stunt rider Bud Eakins & he did it on a British Triumph.
A RIDE to Remember!!
@@mellissaquickekennedy8838 Yes indeed, it was a 'ride to remember' - good film all round.
It'd been better if he'd stolen a Beemer from the Germans and jumped with that! But you can tell its a Triumph from the trail of oil its leaving behind.
They should let him go in the end
Yes but later in the day Steve went and did It off camera.
If there is ever a remake, Hilts gets away!
One of my all-time favorite movies. I have seen this movie hundreds and hundreds of times and it gets better each time. Long live The Cooler King. Hilts welcome home.
Hats off..Steve Macqueen . We old gen.. miss your time dear.
This scene wouldn't be half as good without the music. There have been themes AS good as the one in The Great Escape, but the score overall has to be the best in film history.
Great actor, great movie, Steve was always cool, Attenborough his older Brother
Excellent movie with true story.
legendary actors.
If you pause at 3:56 for a few frames Hendley and Blythe can be seen in the plane they stole
Right, I think the intention was to show how the escapees plans started falling apart one by one
incredible bike scene and the music is great too.
Yes, don't forget THE MUSIC!!!
i wood agree.
I have the soundtrack on vinyl (record). I found it in a store in Rochester N.Y. ( House of Guitars). I,m playing it all the time when I,m working in my yard or cutting wood. Great soundtrack. Another great soundtrack album I have is the movie Patton. His speech too his troops in the beginning and his speech at the end when he says that all glory is fleeting.
Bike ???
Great actor and great movie. Thanks for the
McQueen was a part of two of the greatest chase scenes in movie history.
Seen this countless times and with each view I hope he doesn't get caught (-:
kumasuke1 this is one of the best WW2 movies. They don’t make movies like this nor have actors like this
What an all star line up watched with parents many a time when I was a wee girl xx and still love it xx. Wish he made the second fence xxx
Ditto!!
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Today some guy drove by on what was literally the loudest motorcycle i've ever heard, and my dad said he was going to string the wire across the road like Steve McQueen does.
Hooray for manslaughter!
We can dream!
Wrong height will cut the person in half
@@angelajohnson6659 Or decapitate them. Some jeeps had metal bars protruding upwards in front to cut the wire and prevent that happening.
Brilliant film
That baseball - can't break me - never give up, never surrender!
何度観てもかっこいい！
不屈の男ヒルツ！
As a British Triumph motorcycle collector, can you imagine finding this origional bike that Bud Eakins rode in this film all these years later?? Talk about exciting!! Then just think how much this bike woukd be worth fully documented and sitting in collection or some man cave... Ahh what a thought!!😃
Doesn't matter what year you are watching; If this particular movie doesn't belong to one of your top TEN, then you have no taste in movies; and I pity you!
Etui
@@haslanbaharin4748 π
Mk y fav mo BH ir
60 years later, and still a great film with a great cast
Agree
I love how he pats the bike at the end. Good job fella. We almost made it.
Steven Vicino YES! It’s like he’s a cowboy saying goodbye to a faithful horse
The bike was his friend.
Respect.
Your bike is your steed, you always give it a good boy pat after every ride and sometimes even when you just walk by it parked in the garage.
Don’t know why but love the beginning when he ties the posts... this movie soundtrack is something else too!
He ties a wire so the German biker will crash, so to take his bike
The same director as the Magnificent Seven, Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson and James Coburn, who were also in The Seven and the same composer Elmer Bernstein, so a bit of a reunion.
Steve McQueen the essence of cool 😎 .
Steve McQueen was a great actor for his time this reminds me about the great escape of defector in North Korea that made it to the other side of south Korea good one👍👍👍👍👍
Great movie!
Wow thanks for posting Steve McQueen triumph motorcycle hard act to follow
McQueen absolutely mind boggling
Someone i knew, knew Steve. During national service the guy i knew was asked what he was good at. Sign writing was the family business. So given task to sign write the doors on the garrison buildings. Whilst doing a door he overheard a conversation by officers about trying to find motorcycle dispatch riders. He letter told them he could ride, so became cyclist and joined the garrison display team. After service he joined a national scramble team and became friends with McQueen. He said funny how life leads in certain ways, if it wasn't for the chance overhearing a conversation.
I remember watching this as a young child, maybe 8yrs old, with my father. When he told me this was based on a true story I could hardly believe men that could pull something like this off could be real. I know now some scenes were added or exaggerated, but to think they actually got that many guys out of a tunnel... I would have been resigned to my fate of sitting out the war in a pow camp, but that wasn't an option for some men.
But everyone through the war go on for years couldn't sit around while taken over the would
The men were Brave Courageous men not spineless & Weak wimps . A real man with guts for survival.
Brilliant film true story but no amercans were stationed at that camp.
Yes there were. But they were moved into another section of the camp before the escape.
Music is outstanding especially from 1.08.
The best movie... 👏👏👏
This aired yesterday but I was unable to finish watching it
What a CAST!!!! What a Movie!!!!!
so awesome, especially when you recall that McQueen actually played double roles: Hilts, and some of the Germans chasing Hilts. the German stunt riders couldn't keep up With McQueen, so Hilts threw on a German Uniform and Goggles and did some takes as a Pursuer, such as that little bit at 4:22 . the German on the single bike is actually McQueen.
McQueen was just as cool IRL as he was on the screen.
i never knew that !
Hi its been ten years how you doing, still alive?
Great scene!
Always liked McQueen's little pat of the motorcycle's gas tank after he crashes into the barbed wire. Like he was saying "thanks old girl for almost getting me there'.
A great scene. Steve Mcqueen Lon Live.
Long live not lon live
There is no such badass in American Cinema today. Dude was so badass that they couldn't find a stuntman to keep up with him in these scenes. So he wore a German Outfit and chased himself in several scenes.
Joey Ingles wow!
Joey Ingles b
Joey Ingles behind the enemyline
Joey Ingles Soooo true. He was the real deal
Keanu Reeves comes close nice fellow
This is is the best film I have ever watched loved it
Mi pelicula preferida
More, more, more!! That;'s how wars are won. xxxxx
I love this guy .... ever !
In one word: fantastic
My favorite movie, especially this motorcycle scene,.... when I was a teen. Flash forward to year 2010, and I'm already 57 years old, and by then had driven my 1985 Honda 150cc Scooter for many years. Top speed 65, but I never drove it faster than 45 to 50 mph, daily, on average. It is not an "off the road" scooter,...but I happened to be in a city park , and it was summertime,...I'm driving very cautiously over the grassy areas, in an open field, mostly. I get it in my mind, on a whim, that I want to try to "jump" my scooter like, "Steve McQueen". Forgetting I survived a heart attack when I was 47, had my chest cut open, and received double bi-pass surgery,.....and by 2007, was already lame in one leg. But for some reason I was momentarily, (insane). I scouted out some low rise, short hills, that were no higher that 3 to 4 feet. I just seized the moment,.....and drove parallel to them for a bit, then picked a place that looked feasible, and headed towards them, while accelerating my speed. THEN BOOM! I hit the "sweet spot", and my scooter and I flew up in the air! For mere few seconds I was airborne. Next, I saw the ground below me, fall away. Seconds later, I landed on the top of the crest, and luckily never lost control. My scooter landed hard,....its tiny 8 inch diameter tires, and mushy springs, just barely absorbed the impact. No harm, no foul, I survived, & my scooter survived. I felt 30 years younger instantly! For the win!
Great story mate well done.
🇬🇧🤝🇺🇲
"on my honor, I will do my best.."
Great moment , time, music, movie, actor,
I watched this when i was young. Steve mcqueen was one of the hollywood greats before. And hexwas really an exoert motorcyclist.
Steve was a box office draw
Had to give him a starring role!
Timeless classic!
I remember this particular scene vividly, especially from the movie.
映画..大脱走..スティーブマックウィーンの最高傑作,捕虜の面々が脱走を
繰り広げる…実話…スティーブがオートバイで逃走するシーンが一番の
見処…スリル満点💯♪捕まっては何時も独房入り..笑！DVD購入！
Suuuuper Film u.top Schauspieler!!♡♡♡.
The German soldier who put him back in his cell after recapture was seriously like: "Man, I'm sorry you got caught, I respect the hell out of you for that sick jump over the spiky fence of death, but you gotta go back in now. Best of luck next time."
I think you would be hard pushed to find a cooler person in a film, than Steve McQueen. IMO him in this film is as cool as you will ever get.
Bet he was thinking. That's a Luger, it won't fire!
He was a very good and cool actor, this film was the best
The great escape movie means one will definitely remember the great actor Steve Ma Queen. First I saw this movie I was 25 years now Iam 70 yrs. I think I have seen twice to three times. Always recollecting this movie with same age group people Now on seeing this bits really thrilled especially motor cycle ride of hero.steeve macqueen.
大好きなシーンまとめありがとうございます(^^)
One of my all time favourite movies. Elemer berstein bgm is superb
Magnífica escena de stev maquen en la inolvidable película el gran escapé.
The top of the top, what ever your age, your country, if you are à rider or not, like the Bullit chase !!
Thanks a million Mister Steve MCqueen
Forever yours
I love this scene
Pure cool.
The sly smile he gives the German soldiers at the end of the ride is ultra cool. Just what you would expect from The King of Cool.
Timeless film and Ace riding on a Motorbike
My all time favourite actor Steve McQueen ❤ 🤗
My all time favourite film ❤
Watched this a thousand times but only recently found out it was a stunt double who jumped the wire and not Steve.
The director didn't want to risk injuries and Steve was really miffed about that.
We all know he was a bike fanatic and could have done the jump perfectly himself but Directors have the final say.
Brilliant film anyway. 👍
マックイーンの名場面に秀樹感激Goodです=3
I saw the best movie in my school age. Like very much
Stive megqueen
Muy. Buenaa. La. Pelic. Exelentedeberian. De dar. Ese. Clasicoo. Es. Una. Joyaa los quiero
Um clássico.
He was riding a Triumph, because BMW didn't have that kind of performance then. Great movie - most of the stunt work was done by Bud Ekins (RIP) for insurance reasons.
ALL TIME REMARKABLE 24 7 2019
Before deaf children started riding motorcycles❤️🏍 👌
I love Steve Mc Queen ! He was the hottest star in Hollywood ...and Pilipinos love his movies too.i the last film i was able to watch " Le' Mans " about car racing .. its his carrer too !
The German soldier who hit the wire was played by Steve McQueen :)!
All of the single rider stunts were Steve McQueen.
Not quite; McQueen played the German rider who crashes at 2:27.
Steve McQueen was the border guard.
@Jim Halfpenny What's his surname?
Yeah they didn't have enough stunt riders so the German on the single bike chasing him is Steve McQueen. He was chasing himself, as the stunt coordinator put it in an interview.
Having no motorcycle insurance will always the law after you.
THE KING OF COOL!
What a great scene especially according to one of of my son's in law a pro session laws a motor cyclevstunt man.
Interesting fact. Steve was such a good motorcycle rider that it is actually him in a German uniform chasing himself. They shot it that way. Legend died to young. Another one his son Chad top martial artist was one of the cobra kais in karate kid 1984
If Hilts had injured or killed a German Army soldier while stealing the motorbike, the German authorities would have been entitled to punish him for doing so: it's unlikely that he would have been returned to the prison-camp.
Hi
Miss Steve McQueen. One legendary bad-ass 😎
That jump made McQueen an icon....except he didn't do it. Doubtless he wanted to
If he just sat out to dark and crawled through the wire after hiking to a quiet spot. Classic scene and his skills are amazing on such a old but modified bike.