The Great Escape

1963 2h 53m Not Rated

8.294%95%

Based on a true story, a group of allied escape artist-type prisoners-of-war are all put in an "escape proof" camp. Their leader decides to try to take out several hundred all at once. The first half of the movie is played for comedy, as the prisoners mostly outwit their jailers to dig the escape tunnel. The second half is high adventure as they use planes, trains, and boats to get out of occupied Europe.

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Cast of The Great Escape

Steve McQueenHilts 'The Cooler King'
James GarnerHendley 'The Scrounger'
Richard AttenboroughBartlett 'Big X'
James DonaldRamsey 'The SBO'
Charles BronsonDanny 'Tunnel King'
Donald PleasenceBlythe 'The Forger'
James CoburnSedgwick 'Manufacturer'
Hannes MessemerVon Luger 'The Kommandant'
David McCallumAshley-Pitt 'Dispersal'
Gordon JacksonMacDonald 'Intelligence'
John LeytonWillie 'Tunnel King'
Angus LennieIves 'The Mole'
Nigel StockCavendish 'The Surveyor'
Robert GrafWerner 'The Ferret'
Jud TaylorGoff
Hans ReiserHerr Kuhn
Harry RiebauerStratwitch
William RussellSorren
Robert FreitagCapt. Posen
Ulrich BeigerPreissen
George MikellLt. Dietrich
Lawrence MontaigneHaynes ('Diversions')
Robert DesmondGriffith 'Tailor'
Til KiweFrick
Heinz WeissKramer
Tom AdamsDai Nimmo ('Diversions')
Karl-Otto AlbertyS.S. Officer Steinach

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The Great Escape: Motorcycle Chase
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The Great Escape: Twenty Feet Short
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The Great Escape: Ives' Escape Attempt
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