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The Great Escape
The Great Escape
Director:John Sturges
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.
Release:
1963 / 07 / 03
Rating:
7.943
Genres & Subgenres:
Adventure
Drama
Historical
Thriller
War
Tags:
Steve McQueen
as
Hilts 'The Cooler King'
James Garner
as
Hendley 'The Scrounger'
Richard Attenborough
as
Bartlett 'Big X'
Charles Bronson
as
Danny 'Tunnel King'
Donald Pleasence
as
Blythe 'The Forger'
James Coburn
as
Sedgwick 'Manufacturer'
Hannes Messemer
as
Von Luger 'The Kommandant'
David McCallum
as
Ashley-Pitt 'Dispersal'
Gordon Jackson
as
MacDonald 'Intelligence'
Lawrence Montaigne
as
Haynes ('Diversions')