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The Great Escape

Genre:AdventureDramaWar

Released:1963-07-03

Runtime:173

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.


Cast:

Steve McQueen

Character: Hilts 'The Cooler King'

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James Garner

Character: Hendley 'The Scrounger'

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Richard Attenborough

Character: Bartlett 'Big X'

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James Donald

Character: Ramsey 'The SBO'

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Charles Bronson

Character: Danny 'Tunnel King'

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Donald Pleasence

Character: Blythe 'The Forger'

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James Coburn

Character: Sedgwick 'Manufacturer'

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Hannes Messemer

Character: Von Luger 'The Kommandant'

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David McCallum

Character: Ashley-Pitt 'Dispersal'

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Gordon Jackson

Character: MacDonald 'Intelligence'

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John Leyton

Character: Willie 'Tunnel King'

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Angus Lennie

Character: Ives 'The Mole'

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Nigel Stock

Character: Cavendish 'The Surveyor'

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Robert Graf

Character: Werner 'The Ferret'

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Jud Taylor

Character: Goff

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Hans Reiser

Character: Herr Kuhn

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Harry Riebauer

Character: Stratwitch

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William Russell

Character: Sorren

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Robert Freitag

Character: Capt. Posen

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Ulrich Beiger

Character: Preissen

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George Mikell

Character: Lt. Dietrich

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Lawrence Montaigne

Character: Haynes ('Diversions')

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Robert Desmond

Character: Griffith 'Tailor'

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Til Kiwe

Character: Frick

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Heinz Weiss

Character: Kramer

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Tom Adams

Character: Dai Nimmo ('Diversions')

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Karl-Otto Alberty

Character: S.S. Officer Steinach

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