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The Great Escape (1963)

NR07/03/1963Adventure, Drama, War2h 53m

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

  1. Cast 1

    Steve McQueen

    Hilts 'The Cooler King'

  2. Cast 1

    James Garner

    Hendley 'The Scrounger'

  3. Cast 1

    Richard Attenborough

    Bartlett 'Big X'

  4. Cast 1

    James Donald

    Ramsey 'The SBO'

  5. Cast 1

    Charles Bronson

    Danny 'Tunnel King'

  6. Cast 1

    Donald Pleasence

    Blythe 'The Forger'

  7. Cast 1

    James Coburn

    Sedgwick 'Manufacturer'

  8. Cast 1

    Hannes Messemer

    Von Luger 'The Kommandant'

  9. Cast 1

    David McCallum

    Ashley-Pitt 'Dispersal'

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 with adroit hands by John Sturges, The Great Escape is standing the test of time as a joyous multi cast family favourite. Based on the real accounts of allied soldiers escaping en mass from a German POW camp back in 1942, the film is involving from start to finish, due in the ma...