The Great Escape

Plot

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... read more

  • John Sturges

    Director

  • James Clavell

    Screenplay

  • Paul Brickhill

    Novel

  • W.R. Burnett

    Screenplay

  • Daniel L. Fapp

    Director of Photography

  • Ferris Webster

    Editor

  • 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'

  • Nigel Stock

    Cavendish 'The Surveyor'

  • Robert Graf

    Werner 'The Ferret'

  • Jud Taylor

    Goff

  • Hans Reiser

    Herr Kuhn

  • Harry Riebauer

    Stratwitch

  • William Russell

    Sorren

  • Robert Freitag

    Capt. Posen

  • Ulrich Beiger

    Preissen

  • George Mikell

    Lt. Dietrich

  • Lawrence Montaigne

    Haynes ('Diversions')

  • Robert Desmond

    Griffith 'Tailor'

  • Til Kiwe

    Frick

  • Heinz Weiss

    Kramer

  • Tom Adams

    Dai Nimmo ('Diversions')

  • Karl-Otto Alberty

    S.S. Officer Steinach

  • Runtime

    173 minutes

    Released

    1963-07-03

    Languages

    English

    Deutsch

    Français

    Pусский

    Countries

    United States of America

    Studios

    The Mirisch Company

    United Artists

    Sound

  • Elmer Bernstein

    Original Music Composer

  • Updated

    338 days ago

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