Daily Dialogue — May 2, 2020
“Switzerland.”
“Switzerland.”
— The Great Escape (1963), screenplay James Clavell and W.R. Burnett, novel by Paul Brickhill
The Daily Dialogue theme for the week: Motorcycle.
Trivia: Although Steve McQueen did his own motorcycle riding, there was one stunt he did not perform: the hair-raising five foot jump over a fence. This was done by McQueen’s friend Bud Ekins, who was managing a Los Angeles-area motorcycle shop when recruited for the stunt. It was the beginning of a new career for Ekins, as he later doubled for McQueen in Bullitt (1968), and did much of the motorcycle riding on CHiPs (1977).
Dialogue On Dialogue: One of the most iconic motorcycle movie scenes.