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The Great Escape

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

  • Movie
  • 1963
  • NR
  • 2h 53m

Directed by John Sturges

7.9

TMDB audience rating
7.9 out of 10 from 3,000 votes

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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 and crew

  • Steve McQueen

    Steve McQueenHilts 'The Cooler King'

  • James Garner

    James GarnerHendley 'The Scrounger'

  • Richard Attenborough

    Richard AttenboroughBartlett 'Big X'

  • James Donald

    James DonaldRamsey 'The SBO'

  • Charles Bronson

    Charles BronsonDanny 'Tunnel King'

  • Donald Pleasence

    Donald PleasenceBlythe 'The Forger'

  • James Coburn

    James CoburnSedgwick 'Manufacturer'

  • Hannes Messemer

    Hannes MessemerVon Luger 'The Kommandant'

  • David McCallum

    David McCallumAshley-Pitt 'Dispersal'

  • Gordon Jackson

    Gordon JacksonMacDonald 'Intelligence'

  • John Leyton

    John LeytonWillie 'Tunnel King'

  • Angus Lennie

    Angus LennieIves 'The Mole'

  • Nigel Stock

    Nigel StockCavendish 'The Surveyor'

  • Robert Graf

    Robert GrafWerner 'The Ferret'

  • Jud Taylor

    Jud TaylorGoff

  • Hans Reiser

    Hans ReiserHerr Kuhn

  • Harry Riebauer

    Harry RiebauerStratwitch

  • William Russell

    William RussellSorren

Director
John Sturges
Writer
James Clavell, W.R. Burnett and Paul Brickhill
Music
Elmer Bernstein
Cinematography
Daniel L. Fapp