Movie · 1963
The Great Escape
“Put a fence in front of these men... and they'll climb it!”
Released 3 July 1963 173 min Adventure / Drama / War More from 1963 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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.
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Robert Freitag
as Capt. Posen
James Donald
as Ramsey 'The SBO'
Ulrich Beiger
as Preissen
Donald Pleasence
as Blythe 'The Forger'
Nigel Stock
as Cavendish 'The Surveyor'
Heinz Weiss
as Kramer
Charles Bronson
as Danny 'Tunnel King'
Harry Riebauer
as Stratwitch
Richard Attenborough
as Bartlett 'Big X'
Hannes Messemer
as Von Luger 'The Kommandant'
Gordon Jackson
as MacDonald 'Intelligence'
Robert Graf
as Werner 'The Ferret'
William Russell
as Sorren
James Garner
as Hendley 'The Scrounger'
James Coburn
as Sedgwick 'Manufacturer'
Steve McQueen
as Hilts 'The Cooler King'
Angus Lennie
as Ives 'The Mole'
Jud Taylor
as Goff
David McCallum
as Ashley-Pitt 'Dispersal'
Karl-Otto Alberty
as S.S. Officer Steinach
Tom Adams
as Dai Nimmo ('Diversions')
John Leyton
as Willie 'Tunnel King'
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The numbers
23years between the oldest and youngest billed
47Robert Freitag — oldest on the call sheet
24John Leyton — youngest billed
37average age of the credited cast