| The Great Escape | |
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| Directed By | John Sturges |
| Screenplay By | James Clavell, W.R. Burnett, Walter Newman |
| Cast | Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough |
| Produced By | John Sturges |
| Cinematography By | Daniel L. Fapp, Walter Riml |
| Film Editing By | Ferris Webster |
| Music By | Elmer Bernstein |
| Studio | Mirisch Company |
| Distributed By | United Artists |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English, German, French |
| Release Date | July 4, 1963 |
| Runtime | 165 Minutes |
| Budget | $3,800,000 |
| Gross | $11,744,471 |
| Based on | The Great Escape by Paul Brickhill |
Plot[]
In 1943, Nazi Germany has had enough of the troublesome Allies P.O.W.s who consistently attempt to escape only to recaptured at great time and expense. To prevent it from ever happening again; they have constructed the ultimate "escape proof" prison. But the Nazis failed to realize what would happen when they brought 250 of the most stubborn, incorrigible, and recalcitrant prisoners of war together.
Separately, they were the Allies' most brilliant, the most devious, and the most talented of escape artists ... together, they're the Nazi's worst nightmare as they mastermind and execute the greatest prison escape in history.
Cast[]
- Steve McQueen as Virgil Hilts
- James Garner as Robert Hendley
- Richard Attenborough as Roger Bartlett
- James Donald as Ramsey
- Charles Bronson as Danny Velinski
- Donald Pleasence as Colin Blythe
- James Coburn as Louis Sedgwick
- Hannes Messemer as von Luger
- David McCallum as Eric Ashley-Pitt
- Gordon Jackson as Andrew MacDonald
- John Leyton as William Dickes
- Angus Lennie as Archibald Ives
- Nigel Stock as Dennis Cavendish
- Robert Graf as Werner
- Jud Taylor as Goff
- William Russell as Sorren
- Harry Riebauer as Strachwitz