Steve McQueen actually wanted to do the ‘cycle jumps into the border fence in The Great Escape (he did most of the riding) but the movie’s insurer put its foot down and would nto allow it.
Your Sooo Right. This photo is Steve’s stunt double doing the famous “fence” jump.
(I captured it off the DVD, with the director commentary stating so.)
Love the movie, specially the ‘moonshine’ scenes!