The Great Escape

Synopsis

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.

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Cast

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  Steve McQueen
  Hilts 'The Cooler King'

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  James Garner
  Hendley 'The Scrounger'

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  Richard Attenborough
  Bartlett 'Big X'

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  James Donald
  Ramsey 'The SBO'

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  Charles Bronson
  Danny 'Tunnel King'

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  Donald Pleasence
  Blythe 'The Forger'

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  James Coburn
  Sedgwick 'Manufacturer'

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  Hannes Messemer
  Von Luger 'The Kommandant'

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  David McCallum
  Ashley-Pitt 'Dispersal'

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  Gordon Jackson
  MacDonald 'Intelligence'

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  John Leyton
  Willie 'Tunnel King'

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  Angus Lennie
  Ives 'The Mole'

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  Nigel Stock
  Cavendish 'The Surveyor'

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  Robert Graf
  Werner 'The Ferret'

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  Jud Taylor
  Goff

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  Hans Reiser
  Herr Kuhn

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  Harry Riebauer
  Stratwitch

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  William Russell
  Sorren