The Great Escape

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.

Discover

Steve McQueen

Hilts 'The Cooler King'

James Garner

Hendley 'The Scrounger'

Richard Attenborough

Bartlett 'Big X'

James Donald

Ramsey 'The SBO'

Charles Bronson

Danny 'Tunnel King'

Donald Pleasence

Blythe 'The Forger'

James Coburn

Sedgwick 'Manufacturer'

Hannes Messemer

Von Luger 'The Kommandant'

David McCallum

Ashley-Pitt 'Dispersal'

Gordon Jackson

MacDonald 'Intelligence'

John Leyton

Willie 'Tunnel King'

Angus Lennie

Ives 'The Mole'

Nigel Stock

Cavendish 'The Surveyor'

Robert Graf

Werner 'The Ferret'

Hans Reiser

Herr Kuhn

Harry Riebauer

Stratwitch

Robert Freitag

Capt. Posen

Ulrich Beiger

Preissen

George Mikell

Lt. Dietrich

Lawrence Montaigne

Haynes ('Diversions')

Robert Desmond

Griffith 'Tailor'

Til Kiwe

Frick

Heinz Weiss

Kramer

Tom Adams

Dai Nimmo ('Diversions')

Karl-Otto Alberty

S.S. Officer Steinach

Art

Fernando Carrere

Art Direction

Kurt Ripberger

Set Decoration

Frank Agnone

Property Master

Camera

Daniel L. Fapp

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Jay Sebring

Hair Designer

Bert Henrikson

Wardrobe Supervisor

Emile LaVigne

Makeup Artist

Crew

Loren Janes

Stunt Double

Robert E. Relyea

Production Office Assistant

A. Paul Pollard

Special Effects

Steve McQueen

Stunt Driver

Roy Jenson

Stunts

Directing

John Sturges

Director

Jack N. Reddish

Assistant Director

John Franco

Script Supervisor

Editing

Don Tomlinson

Assistant Editor

Production

John Sturges

Producer

James Clavell

Producer

Walter Mirisch

Executive Producer

Allen K. Wood

Production Supervisor

Sound

Elmer Bernstein

Original Music Composer

Wayne Fury

Sound Effects Editor

Richard Carruth

Music Editor

Sam Freed Jr.

Musician

Writing

James Clavell

Screenplay

W.R. Burnett

Screenplay