Steve McQueen
Capt. Hilts 'The Cooler King'
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- James GarnerFlight Lt. Hendley 'The Scrounger'
- Richard AttenboroughSquadron Leader Roger Bartlett 'Big X'
- Charles BronsonFlight Lt. Danny Velinski 'The Tunnel King'
- James DonaldGroup Capt. Ramsey 'The SBO'
- Donald PleasenceFlight Lt. Colin Blythe 'The Forger'
- James CoburnFlying Officer Louis Sedgwick 'The Manufacturer'
- David McCallumLt. Cmdr. Eric Ashley-Pitt 'Dispersal'
- Gordon JacksonFlight Lt. Sandy MacDonald 'Intelligence'
- John LeytonFlight Lt. William Dickes 'The Tunneler'
Angus LennieFlying Officer Archibald Ives 'The Mole'- John LeytonWillie 'Tunnel King'
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The Great Escape continues to receive acclaim from modern critics. On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 94% based on 53 reviews. The site's critics consensus reads, "With its impeccably slow-building story and a cast for the ages, The Great Escape is an all-time action classic."
- $3.8 million
- Elmer Bernstein
- John Sturges
The Great Escape: Directed by John Sturges. With Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough, James Donald. Allied prisoners of war plan for several hundred of their number to escape from a German camp during World War II.
- (253K)
- Adventure, Drama, History
- John Sturges
- 1963-07-04
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.
Rated 4.5/5 Stars • Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 08/22/23 Full Review DanTheMan 2 From delightfully hilarious to unjustly cruel, The Great Escape is an all-time classic of cinema for a reason ...
- (4.8K)
- Steve Mcqueen
- John Sturges
- War, Drama
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Great Escape, The (1963) -- (Movie Clip) Open, The Way It Really Happened Director John Sturges’ opening, Elmer Bernstein’s famous theme, Steve McQueen, James Garner and Richard Attenborough, billed above many future leading-men, from the 1963 hit The Great Escape, based on the best-selling book by Paul Brickhill, himself a participant in the historic World War II events.
Fernando Carrere. Editor. Ferris Webster. Assistant to producer. Robert E. Relyea. One of the most exciting adventure tales ever told, this action epic recounts the planning, execution, and aftermath of a daring true-life escape from a German prisoner-of-war camp during World War II, in which 250 men attempted to tunnel their way to freedom.
