The Great Escape (1963)
July 3, 1963
Adventure, Drama, War
2h 53m
Put a fence in front of these men... and they'll climb it!
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 & Crew
- Director
- John Sturges
- Hilts 'The Cooler King' Steve McQueen
- Hendley 'The Scrounger' James Garner
- Bartlett 'Big X' Richard Attenborough
- Ramsey 'The SBO' James Donald
- Danny 'Tunnel King' Charles Bronson
- Blythe 'The Forger' Donald Pleasence
- Sedgwick 'Manufacturer' James Coburn
- Von Luger 'The Kommandant' Hannes Messemer
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Keywords
- prison
- epic
- uniform
- swastika
- prisoner
- based on novel or book
- nazi
- escape
- optimism
- freedom
- machinegun
- switzerland
- shower
- dystopia
- baseball
- world war ii
- prisoner of war
- claustrophobia
- attempt to escape
- barbed wire
- based on true story
- prison guard
- prison escape
- tragedy
- solitary confinement
- motorcycle
- alps mountains
- british officer
- 1940s
- luftwaffe
- soldiers