The Great Escape (1963)
Put a fence in front of these men... and they'll climb it!
1963 · NR · 2h 53m · Adventure, Drama, War
Genres: Adventure, Drama, War
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.
Director: John Sturges
Writers: James Clavell, W.R. Burnett, Paul Brickhill
Music by: Elmer Bernstein
Cinematography: Daniel L. Fapp
Editor: Ferris Webster
Box office: $12M · Budget: $4M · Rated 7.9/10 by 2897 viewers
Part of the The Great Escape franchise.
Cast
Steve McQueen as Hilts 'The Cooler King'James Garner as Hendley 'The Scrounger'Richard Attenborough as Bartlett 'Big X'James Donald as Ramsey 'The SBO'Charles Bronson as Danny 'Tunnel King'Donald Pleasence as Blythe 'The Forger'James Coburn as Sedgwick 'Manufacturer'Hannes Messemer as Von Luger 'The Kommandant'David McCallum as Ashley-Pitt 'Dispersal'Gordon Jackson as MacDonald 'Intelligence'John Leyton as Willie 'Tunnel King'Angus Lennie as Ives 'The Mole'More like this
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