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