The Great Escape (1963)

Details

Original Title: The Great Escape

Release Date: July 03, 1963

Runtime: 173 minutes

Budget: $4,000,000.0

Revenue: $11,700,000.0

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.

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TMDB Popularity: 5.54

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'

Robert Graf

Werner 'The Ferret'

Lawrence Montaigne

Haynes ('Diversions')

Robert Desmond

Griffith 'Tailor'

Tom Adams

Dai Nimmo ('Diversions')

Crew

Steve McQueen

Stunt Driver

W.R. Burnett

Screenplay

Elmer Bernstein

Original Music Composer

Loren Janes

Stunt Double

Jay Sebring

Hair Designer

Daniel L. Fapp

Director of Photography

Walter Mirisch

Executive Producer

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