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The Great Escape

The Great Escape

Put a fence in front of these men... and they'll climb it!
Jul 03, 1963 2h 53m
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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.

Title The Great Escape
Companies The Mirisch Company, United Artists
Countries United States of America
Keywords prison, epic, uniform, swastika, prisoner, based on novel or book, nazi, escape, optimism, freedom, machinegun, switzerland, shower, dystopia, baseball, world war ii, prisoner of war, claustrophobia, attempt to escape, barbed wire, based on true story, prison guard, prison escape, tragedy, solitary confinement, motorcycle, alps mountains, british officer, 1940s, luftwaffe, soldiers
Steve McQueen

Steve McQueen

Hilts 'The Cooler King'
James Garner

James Garner

Hendley 'The Scrounger'
Richard Attenborough

Richard Attenborough

Bartlett 'Big X'
James Donald

James Donald

Ramsey 'The SBO'
Charles Bronson

Charles Bronson

Danny 'Tunnel King'
Donald Pleasence

Donald Pleasence

Blythe 'The Forger'
James Coburn

James Coburn

Sedgwick 'Manufacturer'
Hannes Messemer

Hannes Messemer

Von Luger 'The Kommandant'
David McCallum

David McCallum

Ashley-Pitt 'Dispersal'
Gordon Jackson

Gordon Jackson

MacDonald 'Intelligence'
John Leyton

John Leyton

Willie 'Tunnel King'
Angus Lennie

Angus Lennie

Ives 'The Mole'
Nigel Stock

Nigel Stock

Cavendish 'The Surveyor'
Robert Graf

Robert Graf

Werner 'The Ferret'
George Mikell

George Mikell

Lt. Dietrich
Lawrence Montaigne

Lawrence Montaigne

Haynes ('Diversions')
Robert Desmond

Robert Desmond

Griffith 'Tailor'
Tom Adams

Tom Adams

Dai Nimmo ('Diversions')
Karl-Otto Alberty

Karl-Otto Alberty

S.S. Officer Steinach