The Great Escape
Put a fence in front of these men... and they'll climb it!
7.9(2,891) 1963-07-03 173 minAdventureDramaWar
The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocate them to a high-security 'escape-proof' camp to sit out the remainder of the war. Undaunted, the prisoners plan one of the most ambitious escape attempts of World War II. Based on a true story.
DirectorJohn Sturges
ScreenplayJames Clavell
ProducerJohn Sturges
Original Music ComposerElmer Bernstein
ScreenplayW.R. Burnett
ProducerJames Clavell
Cast & characters
Steve McQueen
as Hilts 'The Cooler King'
James Garner
as Hendley 'The Scrounger'
Richard Attenborough
as Bartlett 'Big X'
James Donald
as Ramsey 'The SBO'
Charles Bronson
as Danny 'Tunnel King'
Donald Pleasence
as Blythe 'The Forger'
James Coburn
as Sedgwick 'Manufacturer'
Hannes Messemer
as Von Luger 'The Kommandant'
David McCallum
as Ashley-Pitt 'Dispersal'
Gordon Jackson
as MacDonald 'Intelligence'
John Leyton
as Willie 'Tunnel King'
Angus Lennie
as Ives 'The Mole'
Nigel Stock
as Cavendish 'The Surveyor'
Robert Graf
as Werner 'The Ferret'
Jud Taylor
as Goff
Hans Reiser
as Herr Kuhn
Harry Riebauer
as Stratwitch
William Russell
as Sorren
Robert Freitag
as Capt. Posen
Ulrich Beiger
as Preissen
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George Mikell
as Lt. Dietrich
Lawrence Montaigne
as Haynes ('Diversions')
Robert Desmond
as Griffith 'Tailor'
Til Kiwe
as Frick
