Discovery Channel - Great Escapes and Prison Breaks (2000) Part 7 Escape Stories Great Escapers

Whether escaping from a prison or evading an enemy, individuals have shown extraordinary courage and inventiveness during their bids for freedom. “Great Escapes and Prison Breaks” details a number of prison breaks and escapes against the odds, including the mass breakout of Allied airmen from Stalag Luft III, immortalized in the movie The Great Escape.

Part 7: Escape Stories: Great Escapers

Man's desire to escape imprisonment is overwhelming and this fascinating episode features some of arguably the most daring escapes ever known. Innocent or guilty they all displayed exceptional ingenuity, cunning and endurance to beat the system. Here, in 'Escape Stories', they tell their amazing tales of bravery. Included: the story behind the 1978 movie “Midnight Express”; a Cold War spy's breakout from an English jail; a woman who fled Iran with her 7-year-old daughter; ABC News correspondent Charles Glass' escape from Lebanese captors in Beirut.

GREAT ESCAPERS * Midnight Express * Not Without My Daughter * Over The Wall * The Missing Link

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