In "The Great Escape" how did POWs develop film?

I just watched that movie 30 minutes ago, before reading this thread!

there are no women in the film except for the extras in the crowd scene at the train station at the end of the movie, and no female speaking roles at all…are there any other movies like that?

“Ice Station Zebra” has no women at all, even in the crowd scenes.

Lawrence of Arabia has no women in it.

Well, it has Rock Hudson.

Noel Coward said that if O’Toole had been any prettier, they would have had to call the movie Florence of Arabia.

How did they do it?

Steve McQueen could do anything.

“X” had a Y chromosone