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The Great Escape

The Great Escape

IMDB:

7.9
The Great Escape

Released

7/3/1963

Duration

2h 53m

Genre

Adventure, Drama, War

Country

United States of America

Cast

Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough

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.

Cast

Steve McQueen

Hilts 'The Cooler King'

Steve McQueen

James Garner

Hendley 'The Scrounger'

James Garner

Richard Attenborough

Bartlett 'Big X'

Richard Attenborough

James Donald

Ramsey 'The SBO'

James Donald

Charles Bronson

Danny 'Tunnel King'

Charles Bronson

Donald Pleasence

Blythe 'The Forger'

Donald Pleasence

James Coburn

Sedgwick 'Manufacturer'

James Coburn

Hannes Messemer

Von Luger 'The Kommandant'

Hannes Messemer

David McCallum

Ashley-Pitt 'Dispersal'

David McCallum

Gordon Jackson

MacDonald 'Intelligence'

Gordon Jackson

John Leyton

Willie 'Tunnel King'

John Leyton

Angus Lennie

Ives 'The Mole'

Angus Lennie

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