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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'

Got to be the definition of an all star (albeit all male) cast in this gripping demonstration of just how inventive and ingenious people can be when incarcerated and facing a bleak (if any) future. Each character in this WWII POW drama brings something different to this ensemble of style and imagination. Richard Attenborough stars as the proverbial pain in the ass to his Nazi guards having repeatedly escaped before, and he puts together his "X" organisation to work every scheme imaginable to get people out of this supposedly escape proof "Super-Stalag ". Steve McQueen forms an unlikely allianc...