Shameless Rip-Off!!

Hmmm I feel like I've seen this film somewhere before...so many elements have been lifted from The Great Escape.

1. The main theme tune is almost identical with a few notes changed.

2. The whole feel of the camp with the Donald Pleasance chaaracter sorting out the passport and papers and the officers in their hut giving permission for escapes etc.

3. The token Yank who has to escape on his own and tell the French Resistance. He even spends time in the cooler for God's sake.

Shameless...