The Great Escape

The Great Escape (1963)

Released: 1963-07-03 Duration: 2hr 53min
Genres: Adventure Drama War
Rating 7.9
Put a fence in front of these men... and they'll climb it!

Overview

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.

Production Companies

The Mirisch Company
United Artists
United Artists

Additional Info

Budget $4,000,000.00
Revenue $11,700,000.00
Original Language en
Popularity 31.07

Directed By

John Sturges

Crew

Screenplay
James Clavell
Director
John Sturges
Producer
John Sturges
Producer
James Clavell
Original Music Composer
Elmer Bernstein
Director of Photography
Daniel L. Fapp
Screenplay
W.R. Burnett
Art Direction
Fernando Carrere
Executive Producer
Walter Mirisch
Hair Designer
Jay Sebring
Stunt Double
Loren Janes
Assistant Director
Jack N. Reddish
Script Supervisor
John Franco
Music Editor
Richard Carruth
Production Supervisor
Allen K. Wood
Production Office Assistant
Robert E. Relyea
Property Master
Frank Agnone
Assistant Editor
Don Tomlinson
Sound Effects Editor
Wayne Fury
Set Decoration
Kurt Ripberger
Makeup Artist
Emile LaVigne
Special Effects
A. Paul Pollard
Wardrobe Supervisor
Bert Henrikson
Stunt Driver
Steve McQueen
Stunts
Roy Jenson
Musician
Sam Freed Jr.

TOP CAST

Steve McQueen
Steve McQueen

Hilts 'The Cooler King'

James Garner
James Garner

Hendley 'The Scrounger'

Richard Attenborough
Richard Attenborough

Bartlett 'Big X'

James Donald
James Donald

Ramsey 'The SBO'

Charles Bronson
Charles Bronson

Danny 'Tunnel King'

Donald Pleasence
Donald Pleasence

Blythe 'The Forger'

James Coburn
James Coburn

Sedgwick 'Manufacturer'

Hannes Messemer
Hannes Messemer

Von Luger 'The Kommandant'

David McCallum
David McCallum

Ashley-Pitt 'Dispersal'

Gordon Jackson
Gordon Jackson

MacDonald 'Intelligence'

John Leyton
John Leyton

Willie 'Tunnel King'

Angus Lennie
Angus Lennie

Ives 'The Mole'

Nigel Stock
Nigel Stock

Cavendish 'The Surveyor'

Robert Graf
Robert Graf

Werner 'The Ferret'

Hans Reiser
Hans Reiser

Herr Kuhn

Harry Riebauer
Harry Riebauer

Stratwitch

Robert Freitag
Robert Freitag

Capt. Posen

Ulrich Beiger
Ulrich Beiger

Preissen

George Mikell
George Mikell

Lt. Dietrich

Lawrence Montaigne
Lawrence Montaigne

Haynes ('Diversions')

Robert Desmond
Robert Desmond

Griffith 'Tailor'

Til Kiwe
Til Kiwe

Frick

Heinz Weiss
Heinz Weiss

Kramer

Tom Adams
Tom Adams

Dai Nimmo ('Diversions')

Karl-Otto Alberty
Karl-Otto Alberty

S.S. Officer Steinach

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