The Great Escape (1963)
AdventureDramaHistoryThrillerWar
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.
Director:
John Sturges
Writers:
James Clavell, W.R. Burnett.
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Steve McQueen Hilts 'The Cooler King' |
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James Garner Hendley 'The Scrounger' |
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Richard Attenborough Bartlett 'Big X' |
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James Donald Ramsey 'The SBO' |
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Charles Bronson Danny 'Tunnel King' |
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Donald Pleasence Blythe 'The Forger' |
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James Coburn Sedgwick 'Manufacturer' |
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Hannes Messemer Von Luger 'The Kommandant' |
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David McCallum Ashley-Pitt 'Dispersal' |
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Gordon Jackson MacDonald 'Intelligence' |
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John Leyton Willie 'Tunnel King' |
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Angus Lennie Ives 'The Mole' |
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Nigel Stock Cavendish 'The Surveyor' |
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Robert Graf Werner 'The Ferret' |
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Jud Taylor Goff |
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Hans Reiser Herr Kuhn |
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Harry Riebauer Stratwitch |
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William Russell Sorren |
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Robert Freitag Capt. Posen |
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Ulrich Beiger Preissen |
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George Mikell Lt. Dietrich |
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Lawrence Montaigne Haynes ('Diversions') |
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Robert Desmond Griffith 'Tailor' |
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Til Kiwe Frick |
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Heinz Weiss Kramer |
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Tom Adams Dai Nimmo ('Diversions') |
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Karl-Otto Alberty S.S. Officer Steinach |
Sound | Richard Carruth | Music Editor |
Editing | Ferris Webster | Editor |
Production | Allen K. Wood | Production Supervisor |
Camera | Daniel L. Fapp | Director of Photography |
Sound | Elmer Bernstein | Original Music Composer |
Art | Fernando Carrere | Art Direction |
Crew | Robert E. Relyea | Production Office Assistant |
Costume & Make-Up | Emile LaVigne | Makeup Artist |
Directing | John Sturges | Director |
Production | John Sturges | Producer |
Production | Walter Mirisch | Executive Producer |
Crew | A. Paul Pollard | Special Effects |
Art | Kurt Ripberger | Set Decoration |
Directing | Jack N. Reddish | Assistant Director |
Writing | James Clavell | Screenplay |
Production | James Clavell | Producer |
Writing | Paul Brickhill | Novel |
Writing | W.R. Burnett | Screenplay |
Directing | John Franco | Script Supervisor |
Costume & Make-Up | Bert Henrikson | Wardrobe Supervisor |
Sound | Wayne Fury | Sound Effects Editor |
Art | Frank Agnone | Property Master |
Editing | Don Tomlinson | Assistant Editor |
Sound | Sam Freed Jr. | Musician |