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The Great Escape

1963 · 2h 45m

Adventure Comedy Drama History War

Released: Jun 20, 1963
IMDb rating: 8.2 / 10 280,599 votes

Overview

Allied prisoners of war plan for several hundred of their number to escape from a German camp during World War II.

Nominated for 1 Oscar. 3 wins & 12 nominations total

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Studio: United Artists Pictures
Budget: $3,800,000
Box office: $11,744,471

Cast 26

Steve McQueen Hilts 'The Cooler King'
James Garner Flight Lt. Hendley
Richard Attenborough Roger Bartlett
James Donald Group Capt. Ramsey "The SBO"
Charles Bronson Flight Lt. Danny Velinski
Donald Pleasence Flight Lt. Colin Blythe "The Forger"
James Coburn Flying Officer Louis Sedgwick "The Manufacturer"
Hannes Messemer Kommandant von Luger
David McCallum Lt. Cmdr. Eric Ashley-Pitt "Dispersal"
Gordon Jackson Flight Lt. Sandy MacDonald "Intelligence"
Angus Lennie Flying Officer Archibald Ives "The Mole"
Nigel Stock Flight Lt. Denys Cavendish "The Surveyor"
Robert Graf Werner 'The Ferret'
Jud Taylor Goff
Hans Reiser Herr Kuhn
Harry Riebauer Stratwitch
William Russell Sorren
John Leyton Flight Lt. William Dickes "The Tunneler"
Tom Adams Dai Nimmo ('Diversions')
Lawrence Montaigne Haynes ('Diversions')
Robert Desmond Griffith 'Tailor'
George Mikell Lt. Dietrich
Karl-Otto Alberty S.S. Officer Steinach
Ulrich Beiger Preissen
Til Kiwe Frick
Heinz Weiss Kramer

Crew 4

John Franco Director
John Sturges Director, Producer
W.R. Burnett Writer
James Clavell Writer, Producer

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