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📅 1963 ⏱️ 173 min ⭐ 7.9/10 👥 2,803 votes
🎭 Adventure, Drama, War

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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Detailed Plot Summary

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.

Director

John Sturges

Main Cast

Steve McQueen
Steve McQueen as Hilts 'The Cooler King'
James Garner
James Garner as Hendley 'The Scrounger'
Richard Attenborough
Richard Attenborough as Bartlett 'Big X'
James Donald
James Donald as Ramsey 'The SBO'
Charles Bronson
Charles Bronson as Danny 'Tunnel King'
Donald Pleasence
Donald Pleasence as Blythe 'The Forger'
James Coburn
James Coburn as Sedgwick 'Manufacturer'
Hannes Messemer
Hannes Messemer as Von Luger 'The Kommandant'
David McCallum
David McCallum as Ashley-Pitt 'Dispersal'
Gordon Jackson
Gordon Jackson as MacDonald 'Intelligence'
John Leyton
John Leyton as Willie 'Tunnel King'
Angus Lennie
Angus Lennie as Ives 'The Mole'
Nigel Stock as Cavendish 'The Surveyor'
Robert Graf
Robert Graf as Werner 'The Ferret'
Jud Taylor
Jud Taylor as Goff

Writers

James Clavell, W.R. Burnett

Producers

John Sturges, James Clavell, Walter Mirisch

Production Information

Release Date: July 3, 1963
Budget: $4.0 million
Box Office: $11.7 million
Runtime: 173 minutes
Original Language: EN
Production Companies: The Mirisch Company, United Artists
Filming Locations: United States of America

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User Reviews & Ratings

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👤 John Chard ⭐ 10/10
📅 September 2, 2019

Not just great, simply magnificent more like!

"Wait a minute, you aren't seriously suggesting that if I get thru the wire and case everything out there, and don't get picked up, to turn myself in and get thrown in the cooler for a couple of months so you can get the information you need"

Smart, witty and directed with adroit hands by John Sturges, The Great Escape is standing the test of time as a joyous multi cast family favourite. Based on the real accounts of allied soldiers escaping en...

👤 GenerationofSwine ⭐ 10/10
📅 January 10, 2023

I can't watch this any more. It's a fun movie, one that my dad made me watch as a kid. One that I loved...

.... and then Eddie Izzard killed it for me. Now whenever I try to watch it all I do is think about his stand-up bit. I think it was from his "Dressed to Kill," maybe "Circle," but whichever it was, that is how you know you're hysterical, when you forever utterly ruin a classic movie because your routine surpasses the film you're making fun of.

Anyway, Izzard had a point, so it's fair...

👤 CinemaSerf ⭐ 8/10
📅 June 1, 2024

Got to be the definition of an all star (albeit all male) cast in this gripping demonstration of just how inventive and ingenious people can be when incarcerated and facing a bleak (if any) future. Each character in this WWII POW drama brings something different to this ensemble of style and imagination. Richard Attenborough stars as the proverbial pain in the ass to his Nazi guards having repeatedly escaped before, and he puts together his "X" organisation to work every scheme imaginable to get...

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