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The Great Escape

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.

1963 |2h 53m |  Adventure, Drama, War

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Cast

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Steve McQueen

Hilts 'The Cooler King'

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James Garner

Hendley 'The Scrounger'

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Richard Attenborough

Bartlett 'Big X'

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James Donald

Ramsey 'The SBO'

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Charles Bronson

Danny 'Tunnel King'

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Donald Pleasence

Blythe 'The Forger'

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James Coburn

Sedgwick 'Manufacturer'

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Hannes Messemer

Von Luger 'The Kommandant'

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David McCallum

Ashley-Pitt 'Dispersal'

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Gordon Jackson

MacDonald 'Intelligence'

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John Leyton

Willie 'Tunnel King'

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Angus Lennie

Ives 'The Mole'

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Nigel Stock

Cavendish 'The Surveyor'

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Robert Graf

Werner 'The Ferret'

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Hans Reiser

Herr Kuhn

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Harry Riebauer

Stratwitch

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William Russell

Sorren

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Robert Freitag

Capt. Posen

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Ulrich Beiger

Preissen

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Lawrence Montaigne

Haynes ('Diversions')

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Robert Desmond

Griffith 'Tailor'

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Til Kiwe

Frick

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Heinz Weiss

Kramer

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Tom Adams

Dai Nimmo ('Diversions')

More Details

Status

Released

Language

English, German, French, Russian

Budget

$4,000,000.00

Revenue

$11,700,000.00