The Great Escape (1963)

Written by Paul Brickhill, James Clavell

Directed by John Sturges

Running Time: 170 minutes (approx)

Production Year: 1963

Rating: PG Certificate

Filmed in Colour

Star-studded WWII classic about a mass escape attempt by plucky Allied POWs from a supposedly escape-proof German camp. The escape committee's plan is to liberate hundreds of inmates and cause havoc throughout occupied territory. But their problems include concealing three tunnels from the guards and disposing of numerous tons of soil.

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Cast

	Steve McQueen		Capt. Virgil 'The Cooler King' Hilts
	James Garner		Flight Lt. Bob Anthony 'The Scrounger' Hendley
	Richard Attenborough		Squadron Leader Roger 'Big X' Bartlett
	James Donald		Group Capt. Rupert 'The SBO' Ramsey
	Charles Bronson		Flight. Lt. Danny 'The Tunnel King' Velinski
	Donald Pleasence		Flight Lt. Colin 'The Forger' Blythe
	James Coburn		Flying Officer Louis 'The Manufacturer' Sedgwick
	Hannes Messemer		Col. von Luger
	David McCallum		Lt. Cmdr. Eric 'Dispersal' Ashley-Pitt
	Gordon Jackson		Flight Lt. Sandy MacDonald
	John Leyton		Flight Lt. William 'The Tunneller' Dickes
	Angus Lennie		Flying Officer Archibald 'The Mole' Ives
	Nigel Stock		Flight Lt. Denys 'The Surveyor' Cavendish
	Robert Graf		Werner 'The Ferret'
	Jud Taylor		Goff