The Great Escape
The Great Escape

The Great Escape

United States of America

  • NR
  • 1963-07-03(US)
  • Adventure,
    Drama,
    War
  • 2h-53m
79%
User
Score
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.

Top Billed Cast

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'

John Leyton

Willie 'Tunnel King'

Angus Lennie

Ives 'The Mole'

Nigel Stock

Cavendish 'The Surveyor'

Robert Graf

Werner 'The Ferret'

Jud Taylor

Goff

Hans Reiser

Herr Kuhn

Harry Riebauer

Stratwitch

William Russell

Sorren

Robert Freitag

Capt. Posen

Ulrich Beiger

Preissen

George Mikell

Lt. Dietrich

Lawrence Montaigne

Haynes ('Diversions')

Robert Desmond

Griffith 'Tailor'

Til Kiwe

Frick

Heinz Weiss

Kramer

Tom Adams

Dai Nimmo ('Diversions')

Karl-Otto Alberty

S.S. Officer Steinach


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A review by John Chard

10.0
Written by John Chard on 2024-05-16

Not just great, simply magnificent more like! "Wait a minute, you aren't seriously suggesting that if I get thru the wire and case everything out there, and don't get picked up, to turn myself in and get thrown in the cooler for a couple of months so you can get the information you need" Smart, witty and directed...


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