Film

The Great Escape

1963 · 2h 53m · Adventure · Drama · War

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

IMDb

8.2

Rotten Tomatoes

94%

Metacritic

86

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'

Jud Taylor

Goff

Hans Reiser

Herr Kuhn

• John SturgesDirector · Producer
• James ClavellScreenplay · Producer
• W.R. BurnettScreenplay
• Paul BrickhillNovel
• Walter MirischExecutive Producer
• Daniel L. FappDirector of Photography
• Elmer BernsteinOriginal Music Composer
• Ferris WebsterEditor

Official SizzleOriginal TrailerOfficial Trailer

Release date

July 3, 1963

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

2h 53m

Rated

NR

Budget

$4,000,000

Revenue

$11,700,000

Genres

Adventure, Drama, War

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