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The Great Escape

Put a fence in front of these men... and they'll climb it!

7.919632h 53mReleased2,902 votes

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
Country:
United States
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Cast

  • Steve McQueen

    Hilts 'The Cooler King'

  • James Garner

    Hendley 'The Scrounger'

  • Richard Attenborough

    Bartlett 'Big X'

  • James Donald

    Ramsey 'The SBO'

  • Charles Bronson

    Danny 'Tunnel King'

  • Donald Pleasence

    Blythe 'The Forger'

  • James Coburn

    Sedgwick 'Manufacturer'

  • Hannes Messemer

    Von Luger 'The Kommandant'

  • David McCallum

    Ashley-Pitt 'Dispersal'

  • Gordon Jackson

    MacDonald 'Intelligence'

  • John Leyton

    Willie 'Tunnel King'

  • Angus Lennie

    Ives 'The Mole'

  • Nigel Stock

    Cavendish 'The Surveyor'

  • Robert Graf

    Werner 'The Ferret'

  • Jud Taylor

    Goff

  • Hans Reiser

    Herr Kuhn

  • Harry Riebauer

    Stratwitch

  • William Russell

    Sorren

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