
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
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Overview
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.
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Cast

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
Crew
- 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
Media
Details
- 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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