The Great Escape
The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocates 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.
Adventure, Drama, History, Thriller, War
United Artists, The Mirisch Corporation
Steve McQueen as Captain Hilts, James Garner as Flight Lt. Hendley, Richard Attenborough as Roger Bartlett, James Donald as Group Capt. Ramsey "The SBO", Charles Bronson as Flight Lt. Danny Velinski, Donald Pleasence as Flight Lt. Colin Blythe "The Forger", James Coburn as Flying Officer Louis Sedgwick "The Manufacturer", Hannes Messemer as Kommandant von Luger, David McCallum as Lt. Cmdr. Eric Ashley-Pitt "Dispersal", Gordon Jackson as Flight Lt. Sandy MacDonald "Intelligence", John Leyton as Flight Lt. William Dickes "The Tunneler", Angus Lennie as Flying Officer Archibald Ives "The Mole", Nigel Stock as Flight Lt. Denys Cavendish "The Surveyor", Robert Graf as Werner 'The Ferret', Jud Taylor as Goff, Hans Reiser as Herr Kuhn, Harry Riebauer as Stratwitch, William Russell as Sorren, Robert Freitag as Capt. Posen, Ulrich Beiger as Preissen, George Mikell as Lt. Dietrich, Robert Desmond as Griffith 'Tailor', Til Kiwe as Frick, Heinz Weiss as Kramer, Tom Adams as Dai Nimmo ('Diversions'), Karl-Otto Alberty as S.S. Officer Steinach, Lawrence Montaigne as Haynes ('Diversions')