The Great Escape

• 7.951 Adventure
• 1963-07-03
• 173 minutes mins

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.

Starring:

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')

Director:

John Sturges

Writer:

James Clavell W.R. Burnett