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
John Leyton
as Willie 'Tunnel King'
Robert Graf
as Werner 'The Ferret'
Ulrich Beiger
as Preissen
Robert Desmond
as Griffith 'Tailor'
Richard Attenborough
as Bartlett 'Big X'
David McCallum
as Ashley-Pitt 'Dispersal'
Nigel Stock
as Cavendish 'The Surveyor'
Jud Taylor
as Goff
Hans Reiser
as Herr Kuhn
Lawrence Montaigne
as Haynes ('Diversions')
Steve McQueen
as Hilts 'The Cooler King'
Charles Bronson
as Danny 'Tunnel King'
James Coburn
as Sedgwick 'Manufacturer'
Harry Riebauer
as Stratwitch
Til Kiwe
as Frick
James Donald
as Ramsey 'The SBO'
Hannes Messemer
as Von Luger 'The Kommandant'
Angus Lennie
as Ives 'The Mole'
William Russell
as Sorren
Robert Freitag
as Capt. Posen
Heinz Weiss
as Kramer
Tom Adams
as Dai Nimmo ('Diversions')
James Garner
as Hendley 'The Scrounger'
Donald Pleasence
as Blythe 'The Forger'
Gordon Jackson
as MacDonald 'Intelligence'
