The Great Escape

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

173 mins
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.

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'

Hans Reiser

Herr Kuhn

Harry Riebauer

Stratwitch

Robert Freitag

Capt. Posen

George Mikell

Lt. Dietrich

Lawrence Montaigne

Haynes ('Diversions')

Robert Desmond

Griffith 'Tailor'

Tom Adams

Dai Nimmo ('Diversions')

Karl-Otto Alberty

S.S. Officer Steinach

John Sturges

Producer

John Sturges

Director

James Clavell

Screenplay

W.R. Burnett

Screenplay

Elmer Bernstein

Original Music Composer

Daniel L. Fapp

Director of Photography

Fernando Carrere

Art Direction

Walter Mirisch

Executive Producer

Jay Sebring

Hair Designer

Loren Janes

Stunt Double

Robert E. Relyea

Production Office Assistant

Allen K. Wood

Production Supervisor

Jack N. Reddish

Assistant Director

John Franco

Script Supervisor

Richard Carruth

Music Editor

Wayne Fury

Sound Effects Editor

Kurt Ripberger

Set Decoration

Frank Agnone

Property Master

Emile LaVigne

Makeup Artist

A. Paul Pollard

Special Effects

Bert Henrikson

Wardrobe Supervisor

Don Tomlinson

Assistant Editor

Steve McQueen

Stunt Driver

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