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The Great Escape

By John Sturges

1963

Adventure

2h52

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8.4/10

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3.8/5

Press

4.3/5

Spect.

Synopsis

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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Casting

John Sturges

John Sturges

Director

Steve McQueen

Steve McQueen

Hilts 'The Cooler King'

Charles Bronson

Charles Bronson

Danny 'Tunnel King'

Donald Pleasence

Donald Pleasence

Blythe 'The Forger'

James Donald

James Donald

Ramsey 'The SBO'

James Coburn

James Coburn

Sedgwick 'The Manufacturer'

HA

Hannes Messemer

Von Luger 'The Kommandant'

David McCallum

David McCallum

Ashley-Pitt 'Dispersal'

Gordon Jackson

Gordon Jackson

MacDonald 'Intelligence'

JO

John Leyton

Willie 'Tunnel King'

AN

Angus Lennie

Ives 'The Mole'

NI

Nigel Stock

Cavendish 'The Surveyor'

RO

Robert Graf

Werner 'The Ferret'

James Garner

James Garner

Hendley 'The Scrounger'

Richard Attenborough

Richard Attenborough

Bartlett 'Big X'

RO

Robert Freitag

Capt. Posen

HA

Harry Riebauer

Strachwitz

JU

Jud Taylor

Goff

HA

Hans Reiser

Herr Kuhn

GE

George Mikell

Lt. Dietrich

WI

William Russell

Sorren

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