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The Great Escape

Release Year
1963
Runtime
2h 53m
Genres
Adventure
Drama
War
Directed By
John Sturges
The Great Escape

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 & Crew

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'

Crew

John Sturges

Director

James Clavell

Screenplay

W.R. Burnett

Screenplay

Daniel L. Fapp

Director of Photography

Elmer Bernstein

Original Music Composer

Ferris Webster

Editor

John Sturges

Producer

James Clavell

Producer

A. Paul Pollard

Special Effects

Paul Brickhill

Novel

Don Tomlinson

Assistant Editor

Richard Carruth

Music Editor

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