• 1963

  Release Date

• July 4th, 1963

• Runtime

• 173 minutes

• Synopsis

• The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocates 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.

• CAST

• 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',   Jud Taylor - Goff,   Hans Reiser - Herr Kuhn,   Harry Riebauer - Stratwitch,   William Russell - Sorren,   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     

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