Learn all about the cast of The Great Escaper, a tender and powerfully moving new drama starring Michael Caine and Glenda Jackson on MASTERPIECE on PBS.
The Great Escaper is rooted in the real-life adventure of D-Day veteran Bernard Jordan. Read the true story behind Michael Caine and Glenda Jackson’s final roles.
The Great Escaper, the final film of the late actress Glenda Jackson, is now premiering in the U.S. on PBS’s Master Theatre, two years after its release in the UK.
The U.K. film premiering Sunday on PBS Masterpiece is based on the true story of a veteran, played by Michael Caine, who leaves his nursing home to travel to a D-Day reunion in France.