"I haven't seen Berlin yet, fom the ground or fom the air, and I plan on doing both before the war is out." -Hilts

"It is the sworn duty of all officers to try to escape." -Ramsey

Hilts:You will still be here when I get out?

"COOLER!"
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The Cooler King is re-incarcerated with his beloved baseball!

"the great escape" is one of my favorite movies of all time. i havnt seen it such a long time. i love how they put such a non political humor into it. most humorous war movies were almost to the point of propoganda. this was refreshingly different.

Von Luger: Are all American officers so ill-mannered?
Hilts: Yeah, about 99 percent.
Von Luger: Then perhaps while you are with us you will have a chance to learn some. Ten days isolation, Hilts.
Hilts: CAPTIAN Hilts.
Von Luger: Twenty days.
Hilts: Right. Oh, uh, you'll still be here when I get out?
Von Luger: Cooler.

Colin: Tea?
Hendley: I only drank tea once - in a hospital.

One of the greatest movies ever made,