The Great Escape

The Great Escape (1963)

Put a fence in front of these men... and they'll climb it!

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.

Date of release
1963-07-03
TMDB
7.9 / 10 (2965)
Runtime
2h 53m
Genres
Adventure, Drama, War
Director
John Sturges

Casting

  • Steve McQueen — Hilts 'The Cooler King'
  • James Garner — Hendley 'The Scrounger'
  • Richard Attenborough — Bartlett 'Big X'
  • James Donald — Ramsey 'The SBO'
  • Charles Bronson — Danny 'Tunnel King'
  • Donald Pleasence — Blythe 'The Forger'
  • James Coburn — Sedgwick 'Manufacturer'
  • Hannes Messemer — Von Luger 'The Kommandant'
  • David McCallum — Ashley-Pitt 'Dispersal'
  • Gordon Jackson — MacDonald 'Intelligence'
  • John Leyton — Willie 'Tunnel King'
  • Angus Lennie — Ives 'The Mole'

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