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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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 | Strachwitz |
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William Russell | Sorren |
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Robert Freitag | Capt. Posen |
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Ulrich Beiger | Preissen |
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George Mikell | Lt. Dietrich |
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Lawrence Montaigne | Haynes ('Diversions') |
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Robert Desmond | Griffith 'Tailor' |
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Til Kiwe | Frick |
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Heinz Weiss | Kramer |
Director | John Sturges |
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Writer | Paul Brickhill, James Clavell, W.R. Burnett | |
Producer | James Clavell, Walter Mirisch, John Sturges | |
Musician | Elmer Bernstein | |
Photography | Daniel L. Fapp |