The Great Escape

Synopsis

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.

Cast

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

Crew

Assistant Director

Jack N. Reddish

Assistant Editor

Don Tomlinson

Director

John Sturges

Director of Photography

Daniel L. Fapp

Editor

Ferris Webster

Music Editor

Richard Carruth

Musician

Sam Freed Jr.

Original Music Composer

Elmer Bernstein

Screenplay

James Clavell

Screenplay

W.R. Burnett