The Great Escape
Movie
Type
1963
Year
2h 53m
Runtime
★ 7.9
Rating
Adventure / Drama / History
Genre
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.
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Cast
James Garner
Flight Lt. Hendley
Donald Pleasence
Flight Lt. Colin Blythe "The Forger"
Steve McQueen
Captain Hilts
Richard Attenborough
Roger Bartlett
James Donald
Group Capt. Ramsey "The SBO"
David McCallum
Lt. Cmdr. Eric Ashley-Pitt "Dispersal"
Charles Bronson
Flight Lt. Danny Velinski
James Coburn
Flying Officer Louis Sedgwick "The Manufacturer"
Angus Lennie
Flying Officer Archibald Ives "The Mole"
Gordon Jackson
Flight Lt. Sandy MacDonald "Intelligence"
John Leyton
Flight Lt. William Dickes "The Tunneler"
Nigel Stock
Flight Lt. Denys Cavendish "The Surveyor"