Movie Description
The Great Escape
(1963)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.
Featured Crew
- Director : John Sturges
- Producer : John Sturges,James Clavell
- Editor : Ferris Webster
- Cast : Steve McQueen,James Garner,Richard Attenborough,James Donald,Charles Bronson,Donald Pleasence,James Coburn,Hannes Messemer,David McCallum,Gordon Jackson,John Leyton,Angus Lennie,Nigel Stock,Robert Graf,Jud Taylor,Hans Reiser,Harry Riebauer,William Russell,Robert Freitag,Ulrich Beiger,George Mikell,Lawrence Montaigne,Robert Desmond,Til Kiwe,Heinz Weiss,Tom Adams,Karl-Otto Alberty
Cast
Hilts 'The Cooler King'
Hendley 'The Scrounger'
Bartlett 'Big X'
Ramsey 'The SBO'
Danny 'Tunnel King'
Blythe 'The Forger'
Sedgwick 'Manufacturer'
Von Luger 'The Kommandant'
Ashley-Pitt 'Dispersal'
MacDonald 'Intelligence'
Willie 'Tunnel King'
Ives 'The Mole'
Cavendish 'The Surveyor'
Werner 'The Ferret'
Goff
Herr Kuhn
Stratwitch
Sorren
Capt. Posen
Preissen
Lt. Dietrich
Haynes ('Diversions')
Griffith 'Tailor'
Frick
Kramer
Dai Nimmo ('Diversions')
S.S. Officer Steinach
Posters
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The Way Back
7.001
Rescue Dawn
6.953
Empire of the Sun
7.515
The Monuments Men
6.063
The Zone of Interest
7.011
Seven Years in Tibet
7.168
Where Eagles Dare
7.502
Escape to Victory
6.886
Dunkirk
7.45
The Match
6.1
I Am David
6.841
A Hidden Life
7.183
Cave Rescue
5.89
Uprising
6.495
Facts
Original TitleThe Great Escape
Status Released
Release Information
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1963-07-03
Original LanguageUnknown
Runtime 02h 53m
Budget₹ 4000000
Revenue₹ 11700000
Production CompaniesThe Mirisch Company,United Artists
Genres
- Adventure
- Drama
- War
