The Great Escape (1963)
20/06/1963 (GB)
Adventure, Drama, War
2h 53m
- 79% (2724 votes)
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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.
- John SturgesDirector
- James ClavellScreenplay
- W.R. BurnettScreenplay
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$4,000,000
Revenue
$11,700,000
Keywords
- prison
- 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
Top Billed Cast
Steve McQueen
Hilts 'The Cooler King'
James Garner
Hendley 'The Scrounger'
Richard Attenborough
Bartlett 'Big X'
James Donald
Ramsey 'The SBO'
Charles Bronson
Danny 'Tunnel King'
Donald Pleasence
Blythe 'The Forger'
James Coburn
Sedgwick 'Manufacturer'
Hannes Messemer
Von Luger 'The Kommandant'
David McCallum
Ashley-Pitt 'Dispersal'
Gordon Jackson
MacDonald 'Intelligence'
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