The Great Escape
03/07/1963
3h

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'


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
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