The Great Escape
John Sturges1963-07-03
Put a fence in front of these men... and they'll climb it!
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173 min
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.
Cast
| Name | Character | Team | |
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Steve McQueen | Hilts 'The Cooler King' | Unowned |
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James Garner | Hendley 'The Scrounger' | Unowned |
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Richard Attenborough | Bartlett 'Big X' | Unowned |
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James Donald | Ramsey 'The SBO' | Unowned |
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Charles Bronson | Danny 'Tunnel King' | Unowned |
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Donald Pleasence | Blythe 'The Forger' | Unowned |
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James Coburn | Sedgwick 'Manufacturer' | Unowned |
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Hannes Messemer | Von Luger 'The Kommandant' | Unowned |
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David McCallum | Ashley-Pitt 'Dispersal' | Unowned |
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Gordon Jackson | MacDonald 'Intelligence' | Unowned |
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John Leyton | Willie 'Tunnel King' | Unowned |
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Angus Lennie | Ives 'The Mole' | Unowned |
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Nigel Stock | Cavendish 'The Surveyor' | Unowned |
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Robert Graf | Werner 'The Ferret' | Unowned |
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Jud Taylor | Goff | Unowned |
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Hans Reiser | Herr Kuhn | Unowned |
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Harry Riebauer | Stratwitch | Unowned |
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William Russell | Sorren | Unowned |
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Robert Freitag | Capt. Posen | Unowned |
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Ulrich Beiger | Preissen | Unowned |
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George Mikell | Lt. Dietrich | Unowned |
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Lawrence Montaigne | Haynes ('Diversions') | Unowned |
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Robert Desmond | Griffith 'Tailor' | Unowned |
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Til Kiwe | Frick | Unowned |
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Heinz Weiss | Kramer | Unowned |
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Tom Adams | Dai Nimmo ('Diversions') | Unowned |
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Karl-Otto Alberty | S.S. Officer Steinach | Unowned |