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THE GREAT ESCAPER / THE LAST RIFLEMAN

THE GREAT ESCAPER / THE LAST RIFLEMAN

One old codger, two fine films.

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Jun 19, 2024
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You wait for one film about a British veteran breaking out of his care home to attend D-Day celebrations in Normandy and two come along at once! What are the odds?

We’ll start with THE GREAT ESCAPER, starring Michael Caine, and get to THE LAST RIFLEMAN later.

The Caine film, based on the true life escapades of one Bernard Jordan, lopes along at a pensiona…

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