The Great Escaper sees two-time Oscar winners Sir Michael Caine and the late Glenda Jackson reuniting top portray the real-life story of Bernard Jordan who in 2014 escaped from his care home in Hove, East Sussex, to attend the 70th anniversary commemoration of the D-Day Landings in France. 

British acting legends Sir Michael Caine and Glenda Jackson first acted together in The Romantic Englishwoman back in 1976, and now Michael will play plucky Bernard, aka Bernie, who staged his “big escape” to honour his fallen comrades in Normandy, while Glenda is his wife, Rene. Bernard’s time on the run lasted a mere 48 hours but it captured the hearts of the British public.