
The Great Escape (1963)
7.9|3 Jul, 1963|173 min
Put a fence in front of these men... and they'll climb it!
7.9|3 Jul, 1963|173 min
Released
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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.
Language
Budget$4,000,000
Revenue $11,700,000
English,
Deutsch,
Français,
Pусский
Budget$4,000,000
Revenue $11,700,000
Keywords
prison
epic
uniform
swastika
prisoner
based on novel or book
nazi
escape
optimism
freedom
machinegun
switzerland
shower
dystopia
baseball
world war ii
prisoner of war
claustrophobia
attempt to escape
barbed wire
based on true story
prison guard
prison escape
tragedy
solitary confinement
motorcycle
alps mountains
british officer
1940s
luftwaffe
soldiers
Casts

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

Harry Riebauer
Stratwitch

William Russell
Sorren

Robert Freitag
Capt. Posen

Ulrich Beiger
Preissen
George Mikell
Lt. Dietrich

Lawrence Montaigne
Haynes ('Diversions')

Robert Desmond
Griffith 'Tailor'

Til Kiwe
Frick

Heinz Weiss
Kramer

Tom Adams
Dai Nimmo ('Diversions')
Karl-Otto Alberty
S.S. Officer Steinach
Crews

John Sturges
Producer

John Sturges
Director

James Clavell
Screenplay
Paul Brickhill
Novel

W.R. Burnett
Screenplay

James Clavell
Producer

Elmer Bernstein
Original Music Composer

Daniel L. Fapp
Director of Photography
Ferris Webster
Editor
Fernando Carrere
Art Direction

Walter Mirisch
Executive Producer

Jay Sebring
Hair Designer

Loren Janes
Stunt Double
Robert E. Relyea
Production Office Assistant
Allen K. Wood
Production Supervisor
Jack N. Reddish
Assistant Director
John Franco
Script Supervisor
Richard Carruth
Music Editor
Wayne Fury
Sound Effects Editor
Kurt Ripberger
Set Decoration
Frank Agnone
Property Master
Emile LaVigne
Makeup Artist
A. Paul Pollard
Special Effects
Bert Henrikson
Wardrobe Supervisor
Don Tomlinson
Assistant Editor

Steve McQueen
Stunt Driver

Roy Jenson
Stunts
Sam Freed Jr.
Musician
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