The Great Escape (1963)
Put a fence in front of these men... and they'll climb it!
172 min
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.
- Release date
- June 20, 1963
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $4,000,000
- Box office
- $11,700,000
Trailer
Cast
- Steve McQueen as Hilts 'The Cooler King'
- James Garner as Hendley 'The Scrounger'
- Richard Attenborough as Bartlett 'Big X'
- Charles Bronson as Danny 'Tunnel King'
- James Donald as Ramsey 'The SBO'
- 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'
Crew
- John Sturges · Director
- Paul Brickhill · Writer
- James Clavell · Writer
- W.R. Burnett · Writer
- John Sturges · Producer
- Elmer Bernstein · Composer
- Daniel L. Fapp · Cinematographer
- Ferris Webster · Editor