The Great Escape
The Great Escape
Release: 1963-07-03
·Runtime: 173m
·★ 7.9
Adventure
Drama
War
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
The Mirisch Company
United Artists
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Donald Pleasence
as Blythe 'The Forger'
John Leyton
as Willie 'Tunnel King'
William Russell
as Sorren
Robert Desmond
as Griffith 'Tailor'
Tom Adams
as Dai Nimmo ('Diversions')
James Donald
as Ramsey 'The SBO'
Angus Lennie
as Ives 'The Mole'
Robert Graf
as Werner 'The Ferret'
Harry Riebauer
as Stratwitch
Robert Freitag
as Capt. Posen
Til Kiwe
as Frick
Richard Attenborough
as Bartlett 'Big X'
Gordon Jackson
as MacDonald 'Intelligence'
Hans Reiser
as Herr Kuhn
Ulrich Beiger
as Preissen
Lawrence Montaigne
as Haynes ('Diversions')
Heinz Weiss
as Kramer
Steve McQueen
as Hilts 'The Cooler King'
Charles Bronson
as Danny 'Tunnel King'
James Coburn
as Sedgwick 'Manufacturer'
Hannes Messemer
as Von Luger 'The Kommandant'
David McCallum
as Ashley-Pitt 'Dispersal'
Nigel Stock
as Cavendish 'The Surveyor'
Jud Taylor
as Goff
James Garner
as Hendley 'The Scrounger'
